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More than 3,000 objects are now being installed into four galleries of decorative art, fashion and design and six of science and technology.
The new galleries represent the next phase of the £80m masterplan to transform the museum.
They will be completed in the 150th anniversary year of the Victorian building, which first opened in 1866.
Display space will increase by more than 40%, with 75% of the objects on display not having been seen for at least a generation.
The £14.1m project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Wellcome Trust and the Scottish government, with £7m of the costs being raised from trusts, foundations and individual donors.
Alongside the announcement of the opening date, National Museums Scotland launched the last phase of its fundraising appeal for the new galleries.
Edinburgh author, Alexander McCall Smith, who is a patron and long-term supporter of National Museums Scotland, said: "I love to write about Edinburgh.
"It is one of the great cities in the world - rich in history, architecture and culture.
"And the National Museum of Scotland, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, is a place which connects Scotland to the world and the world to Scotland through stories captured in thousands of remarkable objects.
"It's a place which has inspired me and, with the help and generosity of the public, can inspire many more people in years to come."
Gordon Rintoul, director of National Museums Scotland said: "We are now in the final phase of work as we progress towards opening our new galleries on 8 July.
"From Dunlop's first pneumatic tyre to cutting edge scientific discoveries from CERN, the fashion of Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, Dolly the Sheep and Picasso ceramics - we have something to appeal to everyone." | Ten new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland are to open on 8 July 2016, officials have revealed. | 35587626 |
The committee met in Dundee to hear evidence about the country's creative industries.
Entrepreneur Chris Van Der Kuyl told them of "huge" opportunities in the games industry, which he said could outstrip the impact of the oil boom.
Developers have called for better support structures and investment.
Dundee has long been a key hub for the UK's video games industry, which has spawned titles such as Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto.
Mr Van Der Kuyl, chairman of 4J Games, which has won awards for its work converting hit game Minecraft for the XBox platform, told the committee that it was "time to get serious about this industry".
He said: "We're living in a time where the pace of change has never been faster, and nowhere more so than in our sector.
"The increased rate of change in things like virtual reality and augmented reality, which is just around the corner now, means the growth potential for this industry is not five or 10% a year, it's hundreds of percent.
"The opportunity is huge.
"It will make North Sea oil look like a drop in the ocean. We're trying to hold a tiger by the tail.
"If there was ever a time to get serious about this industry, this is it - if we let this opportunity pass by, others will take it and Scotland will languish."
The committee also heard that current UK immigration policy could be impacting on talent recruitment in the industry.
Dr Jo Twist from the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment, who also called for more teaching of computer science in schools, told the committee that effective immigration policy was vital.
She said: "The current climate around immigration debates is potentially very damaging to our ability to attract overseas talent.
"We must be able to continue to attract overseas talent while we are fixing our own homegrown talent pipeline, in order to remain internationally competitive."
Mr Van Der Kuyl added that foreign students who had come to study video games development were "fairly heavily leant on to get out of the country after graduating", which he said was "disastrous".
He said: "In our immigration policy we're very well structured to invite people in who have already proven themselves, but they're already settled.
"We need to attract talent that is very early-career, that doesn't quite fit the Home Office boxes that are there at the moment, but which is exactly what we need in our companies." | Scotland's video games industry could "make North Sea oil look like a drop in the ocean", a meeting of the Scottish Affairs select committee has heard. | 34574086 |
27 February 2017 Last updated at 18:04 GMT
Gary Barlow led the search for the cast of a Take That musical and these guys didn't disappoint!
But how much do you know about them?
Find out about AJ's hair, who's the funny one and who snores... | Five To Five are the winners of BBC One's singing programme Let It Shine. | 39104366 |
17 May 2017 Last updated at 11:55 BST
Rio de Janeiro celebrates its official Dia do Garis - which means Day of the Street Cleaners - on 16 May each year.
This year they had a parade where they sang, played instruments and danced to samba music around the streets of the Brazilian city.
They even took selfies with fans.
On the Dia do Garis, Rio de Janeiro plays tribute to its 15,000 street cleaners who stand out in their orange overalls.
Sorriso, who you can watch dancing in this video, even strutted his stuff in the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. | Check out Gari Sorriso's silky samba moves! | 39946454 |
Mr Fillon is now seen as the favourite to win Sunday's run-off, after securing 44.1% of votes in the first round a week ago. Mr Juppe had 28.5%.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy was knocked out of the race.
The Republican candidate is widely expected to take on far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen next spring.
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Polls across France are due to open at 07:00 GMT and close at 18:00 GMT.
Self-declared supporters of the centre-right values are choosing between the two former prime ministers.
It is the party's first such primary vote, modelled on the US system.
Both Mr Fillon, 62, and Mr Juppe, 71, want economic reforms - but they differ widely on how far and how fast to take them.
Mr Fillon says France is angry and wants radical change. He is planning to slash 500,000 public jobs.
Mr Juppe is proposing to sack just over half that number of people, and is focusing on a message of harmony and diversity.
Earlier this week, the two contenders clashed over the level of change they were promising to bring in a TV debate.
A poll of 908 debate viewers by Elabe suggested 71% of conservative respondents found Mr Fillon more convincing, as did 57% of viewers of all political stripes.
Mr Juppe - who was once the favourite to win this primary - has spent the past week highlighting Mr Fillon's personal views on abortion and gay marriage - widely seen as a bid to mobilise centrist and perhaps even left-wing voters, the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Paris reports.
Mr Juppe also said his rival was close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid growing tensions between the West and Moscow over the crises in Syria and Ukraine.
"This must be the first presidential election in which the Russian president chooses his candidate," Mr Juppe said.
Mr Fillon has argued that the EU and the US "provoked" Russia by expanding in Eastern Europe, calling for an alliance with Russia to fight Islamic State militants in Syria.
Mr Fillon, a Roman Catholic, has also complained of being portrayed as a "medieval conservative", describing his opponent as a "man of the system" with no real plans for change.
After losing last Sunday's first round, Mr Sarkozy endorsed Mr Fillon. | Voters in France are choosing between Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe to be their centre-right presidential candidate in next year's election. | 38120609 |
Posh started well, with Harry Beautyman heading over before Marcus Maddison and Erhun Oztumer spurned chances.
Conor Washington then broke the deadlock for Posh, finishing low into the corner from the centre of the box.
Shrewsbury's equaliser came when Ben Alnwick palmed a long-range shot into the path of substitute Barnett, who finished into the bottom corner.
Barnett, who cost Peterborough a then club record seven-figure fee from Crawley in 2012, joined Shrewsbury in February.
He has now netted six times this season, but this was his first in two months, to help lift Town to 18th, a point clear of trouble.
Shrewsbury boss Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"You always hope that players who come back to their former club can score. It doesn't always happen but I was delighted for Tyrone Barnett to do that.
"It was a bit of a kick in the teeth to concede as we were enjoying a good spell. We gave away possession and they found the back of the net.
"Peterborough are a good side, but you don't just defend with your back four. All the way through we needed to get the shape right. We knew where the threats were to have any chance of winning." | Shrewsbury Town earned a hard-fought point at Peterborough with a late goal from ex-Posh striker Tyrone Barnett. | 35013807 |
The 1980s band will perform on the festival's Floating Stage on the Sunday followed by fireworks.
The five-day festival, which features music, comedy, and dance, will be held from 8-12 July at Henley-on-Thames.
In a statement, the band said: "Summer by the Thames at Henley sounds like an offer not to be refused. We can't wait to see everyone there."
Lionel Richie will open the festival, other acts include Jessie J and a philharmonic celebration of American composer and pianist George Gershwin.
About 25,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which started in 1983. | Spandau Ballet will close this year's Henley Festival, organisers have confirmed. | 31954547 |
The protesters, reported to be at least 30,000 strong, demanded early elections and further political reform.
Rallies were also reported in other cities across the country.
It came a day after some 20,000 demonstrators spontaneously took to the streets of the capital, angry over the deaths of 32 people in Friday's fire.
Concerns that safety was compromised because of corruption - a long-standing issue in Romania - have fuelled public anger against the political elite, including Mr Ponta.
Mr Ponta, who is currently facing trial on corruption charges, said in a televised address that he hoped his government's resignation would "satisfy the people who came out in the streets".
The mayor of the district of Bucharest where the nightclub fire occurred and the country's Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea also stepped down on Wednesday.
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For a second consecutive night, protesters gathered late on Wednesday in University Square, a hub for anti-government rallies in central Bucharest.
They marched toward parliament with protesters urging others to join in as they went, shouting: "Get out of your homes if you care'' and "Don't be afraid, the country is rising up."
Demonstrators have been complaining of government corruption and poor safety supervision, and say they see Mr Ponta's resignation as just the beginning of reform for the political elite.
The cities of Cluj, Timisoara and Constanta saw similar rallies on Wednesday.
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President Klaus Iohannis, who has repeatedly called on Mr Ponta to step down since the corruption scandal unfolded in June, called for a "sea change" in Romanian politics in the wake of the resignations.
He also voiced praise for Tuesday's protests, saying the club tragedy had "affected the nerve of the nation".
Mr Ponta, who in September became the first sitting Romanian prime minister to go on trial for corruption, denies the charges.
President Iohannis says he will start consulting political parties on Thursday to choose a prime minister and form a new government, with a view to getting a nomination in the coming days.
Mr Ponta's Social Democratic Party (PSD) will probably remain in the existing coalition government until parliamentary elections, which are not due until December 2016.
Romania's junior ruling coalition party, the UNPR, on Wednesday gave its backing to the existing power-sharing government.
The UNPR's support ensures the coalition government retains a parliamentary majority.
Three owners of the club that caught fire on Friday have been arrested amid allegations that the venue was overcrowded, lacked the required number of emergency exits, and may not have been authorised to hold such a concert.
The blaze started when a rock band performing at Colectiv nightclub set off fireworks inside, setting the club's foam decor alight.
The club's single exit was overwhelmed in the panic that followed. More than 180 people were injured. | Thousands joined a march in the Romanian capital Bucharest, hours after Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned over a deadly nightclub fire. | 34726826 |
It comes after Darren 'Birdie' Bird's image - showing the mascot "paying his respects" to Sir Terry, who died on Sunday - was shared thousands of times on social media.
Pudsey has a tear running down his face and his colourful eye patch is black.
Mr Bird, aka Birdie, said: "Little did I know it would go as big as it did."
His tweet has been shared more than 3,000 times and the image now appears on Children in Need's profile picture on Twitter and Facebook, where it has been liked by more than 50,000 people.
"It's an absolute honour - to feel that it spoke to them and that they see it as a perfect tribute to Sir Terry," said Mr Bird, who is from Ipswich.
"As a cartoonist it's such a sad way to have your artwork shared, but equally to have the reaction and to have Children in Need embrace it in such a way is just really lovely."
Mr Bird, whose work has appeared in the Racing Post and on Channel 4, said he had admired Sir Terry for being a "quick-witted" entertainer who "brought a lot of light into people's lives". | A cartoonist's tribute to Sir Terry Wogan showing Pudsey Bear in mourning has been adopted by the official Children in Need charity. | 35459746 |
Kate and Gerry McCann sued ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral, who led the search for their daughter, following claims he made about them in his book.
The verdict means his book criticising the McCanns can now be sold again.
They were awarded £358,000 damages by a Portuguese court after the libel case. They plan to challenge the new ruling.
Last year a court ruled against Mr Amaral, the retired detective who first led the investigation into three-year-old Madeleine's disappearance from a holiday apartment in the Algarve in 2007.
It ordered the seizure of all copies of a book he wrote suggesting that Kate and Gerry McCann were involved in Madeleine's disappearance.
On winning that libel action, Mr and Mrs McCann pledged to plough the 500,000 euros awarded to them into the search for their daughter.
They welcomed the accompanying ban on the book which they said was undermining that search.
After the appeal court decision, the book is now set to be back on the shelves soon.
In a statement, its publisher welcomed the verdict, noting that it cited Mr Amaral's constitutional right to express his opinion.
A lawyer for the McCanns said they intended to appeal against the latest decision and seek to bring the case before Portugal's Supreme Court. | A retired police officer in Portugal has won his appeal against a court ruling that he libelled the parents of Madeleine McCann. | 36088240 |
Governor Mark Carney said he did not expect inflation to reach the targeted rate of 2% for three years.
The Bank also cut its prediction for UK economic growth in 2015 to 2.9%.
However, the Bank said it expected average salaries to be growing by 2% by the end of 2015.
Earlier, official figures showed average wages excluding bonuses grew by 1.3%, which was just above the latest rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation and the first time it has risen above that measure in five years.
The Office for National Statistics figures also showed that unemployment in the UK fell by 115,000 in the three months to the end of September, to a total of 1.96 million.
The governor said the UK was witnessing "the start of real pay growth".
"We are seeing encouraging signs with respect of pay... we expect this pick-up to accelerate," he told reporters.
However, the governor had more sombre news on the rate of inflation, which the Bank wants to see reach 2%.
In a news conference at the Bank of England, Mr Carney said it was likely he would soon have to write a letter to the Chancellor, George Osborne, explaining why inflation had dropped below 1%.
But he added that inflation was expected to recover in the long term, and that the Bank would continue to keep its interest rate at 0.5% for some time.
The governor also sounded a warning on the state of Europe's economy.
"A spectre is now haunting Europe," he said, "the spectre of economic stagnation, with growth disappointing again and confidence falling back." | The Bank of England has warned that inflation could fall below 1% in the next six months, owing to lower food, energy and import prices, as well as feeble growth in Europe and elsewhere. | 30020565 |
The 29-year-old scored 18 Ligue 1 goals last season, but failed to make France's final Euro 2016 squad.
Ben Arfa joined Nice after having his contract terminated by Newcastle, whom he joined in 2010, and following a loan spell at Hull City that was cut short.
He has signed a two-year deal with the French champions, who are planning for life without Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
PSG will go into next season without leading scorer Ibrahimovic, who is expected to sign for Manchester United, and with a new manager after Unai Emery replaced Laurent Blanc.
Ben Arfa scored 13 goals in 76 games for Newcastle after joining from Marseille, initially on loan before making it permanent in 2011.
He failed to score in nine appearances on loan at Hull in 2014/15. | Paris St-Germain have signed Hatem Ben Arfa on a free transfer after his contract ran out at Nice. | 36685850 |
She has been in hospital since 22 September, and anxiety about her health has grown in the absence of clear information about her condition.
Her party, the AIADMK, which forms the state government, recently announced that she had transferred all her portfolios to her deputy OP Panneerselvam, who has stood in for her in the past. However, it was made very clear that she would remain chief minister.
So how then does her cabinet meet in her absence?
They seem to have found a neat workaround - a photograph. An official picture released by the state government shows Mr Panneerselvam at a cabinet meeting with a framed photograph of Ms Jayalalitha prominently placed before him. And it's not just cabinet meetings that the photograph is attending. It is also present at review meetings of several ministries.
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Mr Panneerselvam stood in for the chief minister on two occasions while she was in jail on corruption charges, but he has always taken great pains to show he is not replacing her.
He made it a point to never sit on her chair, because he felt she still "occupied" it. He preferred, instead, to conduct his meetings while sitting on a chair at the other end of the table.
But the photograph is a new addition.
``Our culture is such. For AIADMK people whenever or whatever we do we will do in the presence of the honourable chief minister's photograph. Then we feel she is with us. We feel we are making decisions in her presence. There is nothing wrong in keeping her photograph at the cabinet meeting. She is the chief minister,'' party spokesperson Saraswathi told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi.
Comedian and actor TM Karthik says this could be one way the state government is responding to the constant clamour for pictures of Ms Jayalalitha as "proof" that she is well.
He says that the next move would be to release her most famous "pictures" - alluding to some of the more celebrated films she has acted in - every Friday.
"Why do they keep the chief's pictures in their meetings? Well, a picture can speak a thousand words, slightly less than what the real would," he said.
Not everyone finds the development amusing though.
"This is sycophancy at its worst. I have never seen or heard of anything like this in a cabinet meeting in my career,'' political analyst, G Satyamoorty, told BBC Hindi. ``What they are saying is that we are sworn into office in the name of Amma and not the Constitution,'' he added.
Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, the DMK, has said the gesture shows the state government feels that "one person is more important than the people of the state". "It's certainly degrading to the self-respecting politics of this state but also the ethos of the Constitution of our country,'' said Manuraj Shanmugham, a spokesperson for the party. | How is ailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalitha still ruling the southern Indian state? | 37759729 |
Friends, fans and fellow entertainers have spoken of their shock at her death.
Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute on Twitter to her "huge talent" and "significant contribution to public life".
Bruce Forsyth expressed his shock to the BBC, saying he still thought of Black as "just a kid" and that "72 is no age to leave us all".
"I can't really take it in at the moment. I'm in shock," he said.
"So many people will be so upset. She had such a following with all the shows she did.
"She had that common touch when you get to everybody with your career. She will be greatly missed by all."
Gloria Hunniford said: "It's a total shock, actually it's a bit of disbelief. It was two weeks ago today that we were at a mutual friend's barbecue."
She said she knew "Cilla had little niggly things that were wrong with her".
"For example she had a bit of trouble with her eyesight and her hearing and a bit of trouble with her knee and walking, but then anybody over 70 will recognise all of those," she said.
"But there was nothing on that day, only two weeks ago, that would have suggested that she had anything that was life threatening. I'm very saddened."
She added: "What I loved about her was she had that common touch, that Liverpool marvellous touch, where she could talk to anybody and have a bit of fun."
DJ Tony Blackburn said that "it just doesn't seem possible that she is no longer with us".
He told the BBC News Channel: "She was lovely. She just wanted everyone to do well and have fun.
"She had a great sense of humour. What you saw on television was Cilla Black. There was no pretence about her at all and to suddenly hear today that she's no longer with us is a real shock.
"I think people forget how important she was in the early days of pop music. We forget now how many hit records she had. She had a wonderful career."
Barbara Windsor, who had known Black for many years, said: "Oh it's awful.
"I was only with her a couple of weeks ago. I've seen her twice in the last few weeks and as always she looked immaculate. That was the thing about Cilla, she always looked spot-on.
"But I knew she wasn't very well. She didn't look or seem very well. But I'm so desperately sad."
Sir Paul McCartney said: "Such a shock to hear about Cilla's passing. She was a lovely girl who infected everyone with her great spirit.
"From first meeting her as a cloak room girl at the Cavern in Liverpool, to seeing her many times since, she always had a fun-loving dignity that made her a great pleasure to be around.
"She had a fine distinctive voice and was always a bit of a laugh. It was a privilege to know and love her."
Singer and broadcaster Des O'Connor said: "If ever the words 'the one and only' applied to anyone it was Cilla. She really was unique.
"As a friend she was always fun to be with, kind, generous and caring, a very special lady. We will all miss you Cilla more than words can say."
Singer Sir Cliff Richard said he would miss his "outrageous" friend dearly.
"Some people will always be with us and Cilla is one of those people," he said.
"I will always think of her as outrageous, funny, incredibly gifted but above all full of heart. She was a very special person, and I have lost a very wonderful friend, I will miss her dearly. God bless her."
Many entertainers took to Twitter to pay tribute to Black: | Tributes have been paid to Cilla Black, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers, who has died at the age of 72. | 33751796 |
Pat Smith, from Darwen, Lancashire, was clearing the draw out when she found the medal in a "box of interesting objects", brought home by her husband.
She did some research online to track the owner, Sam Hallas, and discovered he lived in South Manchester in 1911.
The Second Boer War took place between 11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902.
The medal has been sent to Manchester and will be transported to Cyprus, where his grandson David Hallas lives.
Mr Hallas did not know his grandfather was awarded a medal in the Second Boer War and said the discovery was a surprise to the whole family.
"It was absolutely fantastic," he said.
"All the trouble Pat went through to trace it was brilliant, I really appreciate what she has done. I could not thank her enough."
Inspired by Mrs Smith's discovery, Mr Hallas is now determined to find out more about his grandfather and his involvement in the Second Boer War.
He is expecting his daughter, who is currently living in Manchester, to post the medal to Cyprus once she receives it. | A woman found a Boer War medal in a drawer in her house which had lain there unbeknown to her for 15 years. | 34705208 |
From sites like that across the capital hundreds of journalists were, like me, reporting live around the world on the possibility of Greece going to the wall within days, if not hours.
That would have meant a bankrupt banking system and almost certainly the forced ejection of Greece from the eurozone.
The government took the talks to the wire several times before agreeing to the terms of a bail out.
There were sighs of relief all round and then the story slowly but steadily retreated from the headlines.
Greece survived but now at the end of the year it may be time to assess whether Greece really is on the road to full recovery.
Certainly the Greeks have had one great success - we are not all talking about how it will be broke by this time next week.
Despite a narrow majority in parliament and endless opposition from many groups the government is making a start in introducing the reforms that were the condition of that bailout.
Just this month, the left-wing government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed to a set of reforms, including allowing Greek banks to sell bad business loans onto foreign buyers.
This will free up capital for the banks and was a condition for the release of the next €1bn (£727bn; $1.08bn) of the bailout.
Parliament also narrowly approved some privatisation measures, Greece will retain a 51% stake in the national grid operator, Admie, and go ahead with other state sell-offs.
The German airport operator Fraport has agreed to lease and manage 14 Greek airports in a deal worth €1.2bn.
But this is still small beer compared with what the Greek government originally promised. Athens has raised only a few billion euros so far from privatisations versus an original target of €50bn; due to bureaucratic delays and a lack of political will.
Greece is committed to a whole host of privatisations and has been for years and yet somehow not many of them seem to happen, it is the kind of foot dragging that keeps the other members of the eurozone awake at night.
Other reforms are still stuck in the mud, made more difficult by a wafer-thin government majority in parliament.
The civil service pay structure is likely to be changed next year but the elephant in the room is Greece's pensions system. This is extremely complicated and expensive and yet reforming it is not only a condition of any further bailout but also political dynamite.
Pensioners have already endured a whole series of reforms and yet these have only scratched the surface.
Forcing through further changes is going to be extremely unpopular with a large number of people and is also likely to endanger the government's majority in parliament.
Yet the next stage of the bailout from the EU and the IMF is dependent on huge savings from the pension system in 2016, squaring that circle is going to be the big problem for next year.
One of the biggest issues with selling those kind of bitter reforms to the Greek population is that they are yet to see much if any benefit from over five years of efforts to stop the crisis.
Economic growth in 2015 was originally predicted to be 2-2.5%. But in large part because of the decision of the Government to take those bailout talks to the wire, that has turned into a 2-2.5% contraction - a deep and painful recession.
Now the experts are predicting once again that the economy will return to growth in 2016, unless something else gets in the way; which is a distinct possibility.
It is therefore far too early to say that Greece is out of danger.
It is still not the master of its own destiny and struggling month by month to enact the reforms it should have introduced years ago, in order to get the next few billion euros that will keep it going, once again.
That is rather better than the situation in June when it was struggling day by day and sometimes hour by hour to find the money to keep the government and the country going.
However, it is hardly a resounding success and it would not take much for Greece to find itself back almost exactly where it was.
A collapse of the government's majority, a failure to pass those pension reforms, the reluctance of the IMF and the eurozone to bail out a country that has failed to do all that it promised, again.
Any and all of those things could find Greece once again on the brink.
That means it may be the right time to put my lightweight suit in the dry cleaners, ready for its next stint on the smoulderingly hot rooftops of central Athens. | Six months ago I was in Athens standing in front of a TV camera on an exposed and very hot roof top overlooking the Greek parliament. | 35122710 |
The group of around 50 off-road motorcycles and quad bikes brought Kirkstall Road, a major route into Leeds, to a standstill on Monday night.
Witnesses posted videos on Twitter and described the scenes as "utter chaos" and "madness" and compared them to those in the Mel Gibson film Mad Max.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Police closed the road until the group had dispersed.
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Videos posted online show bikers riding in convoy, with some pulling wheelies. Others can be seen riding on the pavement.
There were also reports of vehicles being driven around pedestrianised parts of Leeds city centre, according to some witnesses.
Kirkstall Road was believed to have closed for around 90 minutes while drivers on other roads around the city also reported similar problems.
A police helicopter also attended the incident.
West Yorkshire Police confirmed the event had been organised on social media and the road was closed in order to resolve the situation. It said the group had dispersed by about 22:00 GMT.
The force said detectives were trying to "identify those involved and take robust action against them".
On Sunday, the Met Police arrested eight men for failing to stop during a similar "ride-out" in London.
Officers used tyre deflation devices to stop 17 motorbikes and three quad bikes.
BBC iPlayer - Britain’s Most Wanted Motorbike Gangs | A gang of bikers caused traffic chaos during a Halloween "ride out" on a busy city road. | 37830539 |
Renovations on the clock tower of the Gallery of Modern Art in Royal Exchange Square began in May last year.
The £400,000 project saw the tower and weather vane, which date back to 1827, cleaned, restored, and reinstated.
More extensive repairs were needed when some masonry, dating back almost 200 years, was found to be wrongly bedded.
The Gallery of Modern Art, is run by Glasgow Life, Glasgow City Council's arms-length body which overseas culture, arts and sports venues.
Depute council leader and chair of Glasgow Life, Councillor Archie Graham, said the work would ensure "generations to come have the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful building".
"The Gallery of Modern Art is a building firmly tied to the history of Glasgow itself," he said.
"We are delighted to reveal the restored clock tower and weather vane, in complete working order just in time for its 200th anniversary.
The building was originally constructed in 1778 as the townhouse of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, one of Glasgow's wealthy tobacco lords.
It later became a bank in 1817 when it was enlarged to create the Royal Exchange.
It was this work which added the Corinthian pillars of the temple frontage to Queen Street and the Cupola and clock tower design.
The Royal Exchange was later purchased by Glasgow Corporation in November 1949 for £105,000.
David Millar, head of conservation at Austin-Smith:Lord architects, which led the project, said the restoration had been "a very interesting and challenging" experience.
"There is always a level of risk associated with removing paint from sandstone but it's an exciting activity as you don't know what you might find," he said.
"We discovered masonry wrongly bedded and sandstone heavily carbonated and although some individuals might like to see these dark deposits removed it's not good practice as you are potentially removing too much original historic and listed fabric.
"We have steam cleaned and removed loose material and carried out indent repairs and what we have represented follows good conservation practice. We think the final result is both beautiful and able to stand the test of time."
The restoration work was undertaken by City Building Group and CBC Stone, with financial support from Historic Environment Scotland. | Restoration work has been completed on one of Glasgow's most famous buildings - during which serious errors in the original construction were repaired. | 36595798 |
The unusual move has been made by primary schools principals from a range of sectors across Northern Ireland.
In all, the 146 head teachers represent schools with a total of 38,808 pupils.
The letter has been sent to the secretary of state James Brokenshire, education officials and the leaders of the DUP and Sinn Fein, Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill.
The BBC understands that it was planned prior to last week's general election.
The principals also write that they want a guaranteed year on year increase to school budgets in line with inflation for at least the next five years.
The aggregated schools budget - the part of the education budget which goes directly to schools - was £1.16 billion in 2016/17.
A seven per cent rise in it would equate to around £80m.
In their letter, the principals say that the amount is needed "simply to maintain basic provision for the children in our schools."
"Schools across our country have, for many years, delivered a high quality education to all our children, in the midst of social and civil unrest, and within a very challenging financial context," they write.
"This high quality education and the high standards we achieve is now seriously at risk."
A number of principals have previously warned about the impact of a declining education budget in their schools.
In April, 43 said they would refuse to implement any more cuts to their school budgets.
However, this new letter is now backed by many more head teachers.
The Department of Education has also previously warned of "extremely challenging" financial conditions for schools.
Meanwhile, the former education minister Peter Weir also previously said that schools here needed an extra £240m over the next three years just to maintain spending at 2015/16 levels. | Over 140 principals have signed a letter demanding an immediate increase of 7% in school budgets. | 40266504 |
Moore, 26, joined the Bluebirds from Brentford and made just 25 appearances during three years with the club.
"We've got good value, it is a good deal and it is up to him to produce the performances we know he is capable of," Blades boss Chris Wilder said.
"Competition is key and he will provide that in the goalkeeping department."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Sheffield United have signed goalkeeper Simon Moore from Championship side Cardiff City on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. | 37122670 |
The Met released the enhanced footage of a possible key witness for the first time on Monday, 23 years after the murder in south-east London.
The CCTV showed a possible witness in an off-licence just hours before the fatal stabbing.
Stephen, 18, was murdered by six white youths in an attack in Eltham.
On Tuesday, the force said on Twitter: "Officers (are) now following up numerous calls and pieces of information received."
Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of his murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months in January 2012.
The investigation into Mr Lawrence's death remains open.
The Met said the potential witness was in an off-licence on Well Hall Road in Eltham at 20:00 BST on 22 April 1993.
The off-licence was 300m (330 yards) from the bus stop where Mr Lawrence was attacked two-and-a-half hours later.
Witnesses saw a man in a "V" emblem jacket near Well Hall Road roundabout at about the time Mr Lawrence was attacked, the Met said.
Det Ch Insp Chris Le Pere said the CCTV was "recently identified as part of a regular internal review of the case", he said, and released as a public appeal after being digitally enhanced.
"We are hoping that over the passage of time allegiances may have changed, people may have moved away and feel more confident coming forward," he added. | Police investigating the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence are following up "numerous calls and pieces of information" after a new CCTV appeal. | 37020402 |
A studio, run by eleven teachers from north west Wales, has opened for one week in a shop in the high street that would otherwise be empty.
They hope it will help them grow their businesses and attract more people to the city centre.
It is part of a Gwynedd council scheme to bring empty shops back into use.
"The great thing about yoga is that it brings balance," Porthmadog yoga teacher teacher Claire Mace told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme.
"If your Christmas shopping is making you feel sluggish and tired, it might help you feel more energised. If you're really stressed and hyper at this time of year, it can calm you down.
"In December, we're all running round getting very excited about Christmas, buying presents and food, but maybe this will also give people ideas about things they could do as a new year's resolution as well."
Josie Ryan from Menai Bridge, who joined the class, said: "I feel really relaxed after that - not stressed at all. This may be the most Zen Christmas shopping I've ever done."
Ffion Rowlinson, from Bethesda, added: "It was marvellous, really relaxing. It was funny doing yoga on the floor while stressed people walked past the window with their umbrellas doing their Christmas shopping." | Shoppers in Bangor are being offered free yoga classes to help reduce their stress levels while Christmas shopping. | 30524624 |
The victim, named locally as Sait Mboob, was stabbed at about 20:40 BST on Tuesday during a reported fight on Crosshill Road.
Three others, two 17-year-old boys and a man, 18, are being treated in hospital for serious injuries after also being stabbed.
The arrested teenager is being questioned in police custody.
Detectives earlier searched three properties in Ardwick as part of the investigation, Greater Manchester Police said.
Formal identification and a post-mortem examination are yet to take place.
Supt Dave Pester asked people in the community to come forward with information, adding: "I urge you to tell us what you know. A family has lost their son and we need your help to stop this from happening again."
Police will remain in the Moss Side area, he added. | A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 18-year-old was stabbed to death in Manchester. | 40886777 |
The 41-year-old has been in interim charge since David Flitcroft left the Shakers after an 11-game winless run.
Brass, who spent 18 months as a player at Bury, was Flitcroft's assistant before he took up his former position.
Ryan Kidd will be assistant to Brass, while Chris Sedgwick will remain as first-team coach.
Chairman Stewart Day said: "There are several things that I believe we can improve on and off the field. This is why I felt that by going with Chris and Ryan we are able to get back on track to where we should be.
"I want us to win games, be successful, play attractive football and I also want performances from the team. Both Chris and Ryan know what we are looking for as the winning culture needs to be within the club."
Bury are 20th after Saturday's 4-2 loss against at Bristol Rovers, which was a club-record 11th league defeat in a row, and they are winless in 15 games in all competitions. | League One side Bury have moved Chris Brass from head of football operations to the role of head coach on a deal until the end of the season. | 38106000 |
The incident came after the Anglo-Welsh Cup game with Harlequins on 3 February.
The 49-year-old will serve three weeks of the suspension immediately, with the remaining three weeks suspended until the end of the 2018-19 season.
He was also fined £3,000, half of which is suspended until 2019.
Both suspended elements of Diamond's punishment would be activated in the event of another similar offence.
An RFU disciplinary panel statement said: "The panel deprecates any abuse of match officials regardless of the circumstances.
"Such behaviour is contrary to the spirit of rugby and the core values of the game and will be treated seriously by disciplinary panels."
Diamond's ban prohibits him from entering the playing enclosure or technical area, plus approaching or talking to any match officials. | Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond has been given a six-week touchline ban by the Rugby Football Union after pleading guilty to verbally abusing match officials. | 39060184 |
Bahrain and Sudan have both severed relations with Iran, and the UAE has downgraded its diplomatic team.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday severed ties and gave Iran's diplomats two days to go.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said trade links with Iran would be cut and air traffic links stopped.
But in an interview with Reuters news agency, Mr al-Jubeir also said Iranian pilgrims travelling to holy sites in Mecca and Medina would still be allowed to enter.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are respectively the key Sunni and Shia powers in the region and back opposing sides in Syria and Yemen.
On Monday, a White House spokesman called on both countries to "show some restraint and to not further inflame tensions that are on quite vivid display in the region".
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Population: Iran 81.8m; Saudi Arabia 27.7m
GDP: Iran $416.5bn; Saudi Arabia $746.2bn
Export trade/year: Iran - Saudi Arabia $111m; Saudi Arabia - Iran $79.4m
Active army size: Iran 545,000; Saudi Arabia 233,500
Defence spending: Iran $6.3bn; Saudi Arabia $56bn
(Sources: CIA country guide, World Bank, the OEC, Global Firepower. Figures are for latest available year)
Bahrain, which is ruled by a Sunni monarchy but has a majority Shia population, on Monday gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.
It accused Iran of "increasing, flagrant and dangerous meddling" in the internal affairs of Gulf and Arab states.
It said the attack on the Saudi embassy was part of a "very dangerous pattern of sectarian policies that should be confronted... to preserve security and stability in the entire region".
Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy's 5th Fleet, has frequently accused Iran of fomenting unrest in the country since 2011 - a charge Tehran denies.
After demonstrations over the weekend, further protests were held by the Shia Muslim community in Bahrain on Monday.
A Sudan foreign ministry statement read: "In response to the barbaric attacks on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad... Sudan announces the immediate severing of ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Sunnis and Shia: Islam's ancient schism
The United Arab Emirates is downgrading its diplomatic representation in Tehran, including a recall of its ambassador, but has said it will continue trade links.
There are fears sectarian strife may spread in the region following the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they were convicted of terror-related offences.
On Monday, two Sunni mosques in Iraq were bombed and the Sunni imam of another killed.
Saudi Arabia announced late on Sunday that it was severing diplomatic relations with Iran after demonstrators stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran. Protesters set the building on fire before being driven away by police.
Iran's foreign ministry on Monday accused the Saudis of "continuing the policy of increasing tension and clashes in the region".
Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said: "Saudi Arabia sees not only its interests but also its existence in pursuing crises and confrontations and attempts to resolve its internal problems by exporting them to the outside."
He defended Iran's response to the embassy attack, saying it had "acted in accordance with its obligations to control the broad wave of popular emotion". Fifty arrests were made.
One by one, Saudi Arabia's friends in the region are backing the kingdom in its growing dispute with Iran.
Ties between Iran and Bahrain have long been difficult; influenced by many of the same factors that have poisoned Saudi-Iranian relations.
Bahrain claims that Iran is behind much of the recent turmoil afflicting that country. The United Arab Emirates has downgraded relations, but will continue longstanding trade links with Iran.
The demise of Saddam Hussein in Iraq - who always served as an Arab counter-weight to Tehran - has resulted in a growing regional role for Iran, which the Gulf Arabs see as a serious threat.
The US-Iran nuclear deal has also increased sensitivities in the region as has the continuing struggle in Syria, in which the Gulf Arabs and Tehran are on very different sides.
In other developments: | A number of Saudi Arabia's allies have joined diplomatic action against Iran after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was attacked amid a row over the execution of a Shia Muslim cleric. | 35222365 |
The Dutch website Geenstijl, operated by GS Media, had posted links to an Australian site that was hosting photographs from Playboy.
But the court ruled GS Media had broken copyright rules, in part because it was motivated by profit.
GS Media said this was a blow to the "free internet".
Playboy's publisher, Sanoma, first brought the case against GS Media over links to photos of Dutch TV personality Britt Dekker, in 2011.
In April 2016, EU advocate general Melchior Wathelet sided with GS Media, arguing in his legal opinion to the court that posting the hyperlinks did not constitute copyright infringement.
But now the court has ruled that GS Media's posting of the links was a "communication to the public" - making it subject to the stated checks and balances regarding copyright.
It said the internet was "of particular importance to freedom of expression and of information and that hyperlinks contribute to its sound operation" - but added that certain parties had a greater responsibility to avoid posting links to illegally published content.
"[W]hen hyperlinks are posted for profit, it may be expected that the person who posted such a link should carry out the checks necessary to ensure that the work concerned is not illegally published," it said.
In a statement on its website, Geenstijl said that not being able to hyperlink in a "free and unsolicited way" would make it harder for websites to report on newsworthy events.
"The struggle for the survival of the free internet with hyperlinks included today suffered a heavy blow," the statement read.
"But we're not giving up. Because we'll fight on for freedom of the press, in this case and beyond." | The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of Playboy in a long-running case over hyperlinks to copyrighted content. | 37312677 |
Silver City Tech sent more than three million unsolicited messages to people across the UK in five months, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said.
The Dorset-based firm was probed as part of an investigation prompted by complaints about nuisance texts.
Oracle Insurance Brokers, which sent 136,000 texts, was also fined £30,000.
'Like postmen'
Bournemouth-based Silver City Tech, and London firm Oracle Insurance Brokers, sent messages inviting people to apply for short-term loans.
An example of the type of message Silver City Tech sent is: "Maxine, we have received your details and could arrange £500 over six months. Click for cash. 1270% rep APR, 292% int. Stop2 opt out."
Both companies told ICO investigators it was a third party company which had sent the texts on their behalf - a practice known as affiliate marketing.
However, it was the firms' responsibility to check that the recipients had specifically consented to receiving marketing texts, the watchdog said.
Andy Curry, ICO enforcement group manager, said: "Affiliate firms are like postmen, delivering the message.
"It's the people behind the message whose job it is to make sure it complies with the law." | A firm which sent millions of spam texts offering easy access high-interest loans has been fined £100,000. | 38155468 |
The Deeside factory is now making engines for vehicles made in Brazil and it is about to start supplying them for a new car being made in the UK.
The Welsh plant employs more than 500 people and became the first factory outside Japan to build Toyota's hybrid engine.
Welsh Secretary David Jones will visit the factory later on Friday.
Toyota said it had already started recruiting new staff to help with its increased workload.
Welsh Secretary Mr Jones, who is MP for Clwyd West, said: "Toyota has made a vital contribution to the growing success of the UK car manufacturing sector and to the creation of sustainable jobs in north Wales.
"It is a glowing example of collaboration between a global company and the UK, and a demonstration of why Wales continues to be a prime location to invest and do business."
Richard Kenworthy, director of the Deeside engine manufacturing factory, said the new jobs were great news for the plant and for Wales.
The Deeside plant marked its 20th anniversary last year, with First Minister Carwyn Jones describing it as "a Welsh success story". | Car giant Toyota says it is creating 70 jobs at its engine plant in Flintshire to meet an increase in demand. | 21624606 |
The crash happened just before the turn off for Armagh, close to the Carnbane Industrial Estate.
It is understood no one was taken to hospital.
Both lanes of the dual carriageway were blocked for drivers heading south for a time but are now clear.
The PSNI say that up to four cars were involved. | A crash on the A1 Dublin Road near Newry has now been cleared. | 36469505 |
Officers were called to reports of a female in the water at Boulter's Lock in Maidenhead at 10:15 GMT.
A force spokesman said fire crews and the ambulance service attended but the woman, who was in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her death is being treated as unexplained and next of kin have been informed. | A woman's body has been pulled from the River Thames in Berkshire. | 38623703 |
Umar Balogun, 16, from Waltham Forest, London, died at Bawsey Pits, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, in July 2013.
Umar, who was in care at Castle Homes centre, Cambridgeshire, was at the lake with another boy and two care workers.
The staff members had not seen a document which said Umar was a "high risk" for swimming, Norfolk Coroner's Court heard.
Despite a sign saying "No swimming", the boys entered the water and started splashing about before Umar suddenly disappeared under the surface, the coroner's court was told.
A diver later recovered his body on the bottom of the lake.
The coroner's court heard from the two care workers - Vanda Cawley and Kevin Roweth - who took Umar and another boy to Bawsey on 16 July.
Ms Cawley had been brought in for the day from another home.
Mr Roweth, who had started the job a couple of weeks previously, is currently under investigation by the Health and Safety Executive.
Both staff members said they were not familiar with the boys' risk assessment forms.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death after a four-day inquest. | An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death after a boy drowned while swimming in a former quarry. | 33192742 |
Change will begin in 2017-18 after consultation on the details, which could happen in early 2016, George Osborne is likely to say on Wednesday.
This would begin to reduce historical variations in funding per pupil between different areas of England.
School budgets face a likely fall of 8% per pupil due to rising costs during the next five years.
Against that background ministers have accepted that funding differences which have accumulated over decades need to be addressed.
Two weeks ago Education Minister Sam Gymiah told MPs: "It is patently unfair that Knowsley received nearly £750 less per pupil than Wandsworth."
More pupils in the deprived borough in the north west of England are entitled to free school meals than in the wealthy London borough.
Graham Stuart MP, one of the vice-chairs for the f40 campaign which has lobbied for change, said he was delighted by a firmer policy commitment.
He said the details would be crucial, including how exactly fair funding would be calculated, how much money would be moved, and at what speed.
"You're talking about redistribution, which is easier to implement at a time of rising budgets," he said.
"But the case for change is more important than ever at a time when budgets are not increasing."
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) says that in the current financial year the gap between the best and worst funded schools in England is £1.9m.
Brian Lightman, ASCL's general secretary, said he was very pleased the government seemed to be committed to fair funding.
"The key issue will be to make sure the plans are modelled thoroughly over a realistic timeframe, to make sure schools can maintain the quality of education during change," he said.
There will be winners and losers in any change.
London boroughs are likely to be among those that will lose out.
The pupil premium funding for children entitled to receive school meals will remain in place throughout this Parliament.
The value could fall in real terms over the Parliament, but it will continue to provide additional funding in areas with more children from low income families.
After several years of being sheltered from the public spending squeeze, schools are now under financial pressure.
Both National Insurance and teacher pension contributions are going up, reducing the money schools have to spend per pupil.
Overall the public spending review could bring mixed news for education.
Funding for 16 to 19 year olds is not protected under Mr Osborne's plans and fell during the last Parliament.
This has put both sixth-form colleges and further education colleges under considerable financial pressure.
Spending on early years is vulnerable too, despite a commitment to increase the free childcare for working parents to 30 hours.
It is possible these will not be funded at the same level of staffing as the existing 15 hours offered to parents in England. | Plans to redress differences in school funding across England are expected to be outlined in the Autumn Statement. | 34891689 |
The Spend a Penny scheme, run by the Theatres Trust, is handing out a total of £125,000 to up to 10 theatres.
There are often complaints that older theatres do not have enough facilities for women, who can spend the entire interval in a queue to use them.
Theatres can apply for up to £15,000 to improve toilets for women, including unisex and gender neutral facilities.
British guidelines specifies that for a 500-seat auditorium, eight ladies' toilets should be provided.
"Even though this seems inadequate for audiences whose time for use is strictly limited, there are many theatres which do not even meet this standard," said the Theatres Trust.
"The anxiety caused by long queues, with unappealing conditions often awaiting even the lucky few, meaningfully diminishes the joy of theatre for about half the audience."
The charity will inspect all the theatres that apply to find out which are most in need of the grant.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | A scheme has been launched to improve the standard of women's toilets at theatres across the UK. | 37094646 |
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Homes and businesses were damaged in the storm, but weather experts were not able to confirm it was a tornado.
Navtej Johal reports. | Residents in Coalville in Leicestershire are cleaning up after high winds hit the town. | 29873183 |
Emwazi was refused entry to Tanzania in 2009 for being drunk and abusive, custody records from the time show.
He has claimed he was on holiday with two friends when they were stopped and interrogated under orders from MI5.
Tanzania's home affairs minister Mathias Chikawe said there was no tip-off, but Emwazi "wanted to harm us".
Emwazi, who is in his mid-20s and from west London, has been identified as the masked jihadist in several Islamic State videos in which hostages have been beheaded.
He has said he was a student looking forward to a safari holiday when he flew to Tanzania's Dar es Salaam airport, from The Netherlands, six years ago.
He said that when he arrived, he was stopped, arrested and accused of wanting to joining the al-Qaeda-linked Somali terror network al-Shabaab.
But speaking to the BBC's East Africa correspondent Ed Thomas, Mr Chikawe said there was no contact from any intelligence agency relating to Emwazi, and the men were only stopped because of their behaviour.
"We had no information whatsoever from any organisation or anybody for that matter," he said.
"They were in a state of inebriation - highly drunk. And they were cursing and saying all the bad words you can think of.
"So the immigration officers detained them and asked them questions, saying, 'Why do you behave like this? Who are you? Why are you coming here?'."
In emails written to campaigners at advocacy group Cage, Emwazi said he had been threatened at gunpoint and was later told to ask the British government why he had been stopped.
But Mr Chikawe said his claims were untrue.
"He was actually detained by a lady, a young lady. She could not interrogate, she could not threaten the three of them," he said.
"It's not true, we just asked them questions.
"If he is saying anything other than what I'm telling you, then he is (lying)," he added.
He said there was a "very close" relationship between Britain and Tanzania because of historical ties. He has asked the Tanzanian authorities to investigate Emwazi's time in Tanzania.
"I've asked them to look for the CCTV footage if there is any, just to see exactly what happened," he said.
"Because for us at that time he was just like any other visitor trying to enter Tanzania, he wasn't special."
He said he believed their intent had been to cause harm.
"They must have wanted to do some terrorist acts. I think maybe they wanted to harm us, definitely," he said.
"We have been hit terrorists. The American embassy was blown up. We feel we are targets, and we don't want to be victims. We shall always defend ourselves."
A custody record dated 23 May 2009, and written in Kiswahili, requests that Emwazi and two friends "be detained after they refused to return back to Amsterdam using KLM 569 after being refused entry to the country".
The document names Emwazi, Ally Adorus and Marcel Schrodel.
Adorus, a British citizen, is now a convicted terrorist serving a prison sentence in Ethiopia.
Schrodel is said to have been known to German security services.
Mohammed Emwazi timeline:
Source: Cage, London-based campaign group
'Jihadi John' movement mapped | Mohammed Emwazi, the man otherwise known as "Jihadi John", wanted to carry out "acts of terrorism" in Tanzania, one of its top officials believes. | 31799541 |
Selica Winiata scored an early try for the Black Ferns but Ireland were only 5-3 behind at the break.
New Zealand surged clear in the second half with three tries from Portia Woodman while Winiata and Kelly Brazier also touched down for the tourists.
Niamh Kavanagh went over for a late consolation try for the Irish at the UCD Bowl.
The try was converted by full-back and captain Niamh Briggs, who returned to the team after missing the defeats by England and Canada because of a hamstring injury.
It is the first time Ireland have failed to win any of their games in the November Series.
Ireland: Niamh Briggs; M Coyne, N Fowley, S Naoupu, C McLaughlin; N Stapleton, L Muldoon; L Peat, C Moloney, A Egan; ML Reilly, O Fitzsimons; C Griffin, C Molloy, P Fitzpatrick.
Replacements: L Lyons, F Hayes, F Reidy, N Fryday, C Cooney, M Healy, J Shiels, N Kavanagh. | Ireland women suffered a 38-8 defeat by New Zealand after a disappointing second-half display in Dublin. | 38125056 |
Open-side flanker Warburton, out since 30 April, replaces the injured Dan Lydiate and is one of five changes to the team beaten by England last month.
Second row Alun Wyn Jones will win his 100th cap for Wales at Eden Park.
Prop Gethin Jenkins, hooker Ken Owens and lock Bradley Davies return, as does centre Jonathan Davies.
Wales have not beaten the All Blacks in 26 matches since 1953.
Ross Moriarty retains his place at blind-side flanker, while uncapped flanker Ellis Jenkins is named on the replacements' bench after being called into the squad following Lydiate's injury.
Jones, who has also won six caps for the British and Irish Lions, becomes Wales' fifth centurion.
Jenkins replaces Rob Evans at loose-head prop, Owens comes in for Scott Baldwin and Bradley Davies takes Jake Ball's place.
Jonathan Davies, who comes in for Scott Williams, missed the defeat at Twickenham because he was on Top 14 duty with Clermont Auvergne.
"We are under no illusions how tough the Test series will be against the back-to-back world champions but the players are also aware how important this tour is," head coach Warren Gatland said.
"It's an opportunity for a couple of boys to start and we are bringing in experience with Gethin, Ken and Bradley.
"In the midfield it's nice to have that experienced combination back and the players who move to the bench will still have an impact on game day."
New Zealand are unbeaten at Eden Park since 1994 and the match will be their first since beating Australia 34-17 in the 2015 World Cup final.
Head coach Steve Hansen has named a side showing six changes from that victory at Twickenham in October.
Wales team to face New Zealand: Liam Williams (Scarlets), George North (Northampton Saints), Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auvergne), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons), Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Rhys Webb (Ospreys); Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Ross Moriarty (Gloucester), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, captain), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Replacements: Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Rob Evans (Ospreys), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Scott Williams (Scarlets). | Wales captain Sam Warburton has recovered from a shoulder injury to start against world champions New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday. | 36479790 |
China says 300,000 civilians were massacred when the city was occupied by Japan's troops in 1937, although some Japanese nationalists dispute this.
President Xi told survivors that to deny a crime was to repeat it but insisted the ceremony was to promote peace, not prolong hatred.
Relations between the two countries have been strained in recent years.
They have clashed over island territory in the East China Sea as well as over Japan's insistence on honouring its war dead, including convicted war criminals, at the Yasukuni shrine.
The ceremony, which came on the 77th anniversary of the massacre, is part of three new public holidays intended to mark the conflict between the two countries.
A crowd of about 10,000 people attended the event in Nanjing, taking part in a minute's silence to honour those killed. They included survivors of the massacre, as well as soldiers and students.
The "Rape of Nanjing", as it's often referred to in China, is an exceptionally sensitive issue in the frequently tense relations between the two countries.
China and Japan have been locked in a bitter territorial dispute - although relations have improved somewhat after the two leaders held their first talks last month.
That said, the countries continue to spar over Japan's brutal occupation of China during World War Two.
Beijing says Tokyo has never properly apologised or atoned for its wartime past. It was furious after Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shrine that honours war criminals among the country's dead.
And while China says tens of thousands of civilians were slaughtered in Nanjing, some Japanese politicians and nationalists deny a massacre even took place.
In a speech at the event, Mr Xi criticised Japanese nationalists for denying the atrocity took place.
"Anyone who tries to deny the massacre will not be allowed by history, the souls of the 300,000 deceased victims, 1.3 billion Chinese people and all people loving peace and justice in the world," Mr Xi said.
But he added that China should not "bear hatred against an entire nation just because a small minority of militarists launched aggressive wars," according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Millions of Chinese people were killed when Japan occupied China in the 1930s and 1940s. | Chinese President Xi Jinping has presided over his country's first state commemoration of the Nanjing massacre. | 30460818 |
Clodagh Dunlop, of Magherafelt, County Londonderry, had a massive stroke in April 2015 which left her unable to move or speak for nearly three months.
She said it felt great to get back to day-to-day policing.
"It felt like my head had come above water - I took a gasp and was able to breathe again," she said.
"It was nice to see colleagues that I knew and talk about what I'm going to do in the future, what job roles I'm going to have.
"I do know that I've changed a lot - in that I think I'm a lot more easy-going, a lot more positive and I feel a lot different to maybe how I used to be in the job.
"I think I've probably learnt a lot more patience."
She said the emotion of the day did not hit her like she had expected.
"Surprisingly it wasn't emotional, I thought it was going to be," Clodagh said.
"I had a little tear last night, I was a little bit nervous, but today I didn't feel at all emotional or nervous, just a real sense of happiness."
Locked-in syndrome is a condition whereby a patient is both conscious and aware, but completely paralysed and unable to speak.
They are usually able to move their eyes and are sometimes able to communicate by blinking.
There is no treatment or cure, and it is extremely rare for patients to recover any significant motor functions.
Clodagh said she now had one goal left to fulfil.
"There was always three things I really wanted to do in my recovery," she said.
"I wanted to be able to learn to drive again, I wanted to return to work and I wanted to run again.
"I've got two of the three goals now, so I'm going to work very hard, no matter how long it takes."
Her first day back in the job was hailed as a "momentous day" by her PSNI colleagues.
PSNI Foyle said she was a "true inspiration" and had kept her "infectious smile" throughout.
On its Facebook page, the force said she would "now be playing a meaningful role keeping people safe in Derry and Strabane, with a particular focus on drugs".
Clodagh started showing signs of recovery on her birthday in May last year, and walked out of Belfast's Musgrave Park Hospital in November.
She had previously told the BBC what it was like being a "prisoner in your own body".
"I have been in a lot of situations that people would consider frightening - I have jumped out of an plane, been in public order situations as a police officer," she said.
"Just lying in ICU unable to speak is perhaps one of the most terrifying experiences of my life." | A police officer who defied the odds and returned to work 18 months after suffering from locked-in syndrome said it was a moment she had dreamed of. | 37609864 |
Johnny Russell's 30-yard effort put the Rams ahead, before Tom Ince's volley doubled the lead before half-time.
Jacob Butterfield's deflected shot and Russell's close-range finish, either side of Zach Clough's consolation from the penalty spot, made sure of the win.
Bolton, without an away victory this season, have not played in the third tier of English football since 1992-93.
They looked bereft of confidence, having been in the Championship relegation zone since the start of October, and could have easily been six or seven goals down by the break.
In a campaign featuring only one win before Christmas, Wanderers had a brief upturn in results in January and February, but are now without victory in 11 matches.
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Derby, on the back of Tuesday's 4-0 win against play-off rivals Hull, were at their fluent best as Ince, Cyrus Christie and Craig Bryson all had chances to put the game beyond Bolton's reach in the first half.
Clough's spot-kick - after Mark Davies was fouled by George Thorne - prevented the Rams from winning a fifth straight home game without conceding a goal, a feat unequalled by Derby since 1925.
But it made no difference to the result as Bolton's 23rd league defeat of the season moved the hosts up to fourth in the table.
Asides from the problems on the pitch, Bolton's relegation caps a tumultuous season behind the scenes, including staff wages being withheld, a winding-up petition issued and a takeover completed.
Manager Neil Lennon left the Macron Stadium by mutual consent last month, with academy boss Jimmy Phillips put in temporary charge.
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They were also £172.9m in debt, but it is believed the majority has been written off by former owner Eddie Davies.
Bolton's slide into the third tier comes just over a decade after they finished sixth in the Premier League and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.
They now need one point from their remaining five games left to avoid the ignominy of equalling the lowest-ever points total in the Championship, Blackpool's 26 last season.
Derby head coach Darren Wassall:
"After beating Hull on Tuesday, the message to the players was we have to do this all over again on Saturday and that it was going to be even harder because of the expectation.
"The most pleasing thing was, from the very first minute, our attitude, application, desire and passion and everything you need in football was there.
"We have a motto that talent alone is not enough and the last two games have shown that because we've won the games through our character and determination and earned the right to play.
"Having Will Hughes back was the icing on the cake. But I don't want to take the attention away from the performance of the rest of the players because they were magnificent from start to finish."
Bolton Wanderers caretaker manager Jimmy Phillips:
"This has just confirmed the sort of season the club's had. The only positive thing we can say is that we still have a football club because, at one stage during the season, that was looking very doubtful.
"Today was another very poor performance and that's something we will be working hard at on the training ground between now and the end of the season.
"It's one thing losing but there's a manner in which you might not gain a victory and that's been the hugely disappointing thing from my point of view.
"In four games, we've only scored penalties and in three of those games after half an hour we've given ourselves a mountain to climb - 2-0 down at Bristol City, three at Reading and then this."
Match ends, Derby County 4, Bolton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Derby County 4, Bolton Wanderers 1.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Derik.
Attempt blocked. Andreas Weimann (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Martin.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Scott Carson.
Attempt saved. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emile Heskey with a headed pass.
Offside, Derby County. George Thorne tries a through ball, but Craig Bryson is caught offside.
Jason Shackell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emile Heskey (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Derby County. Andreas Weimann replaces Tom Ince.
Foul by Cyrus Christie (Derby County).
Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cyrus Christie (Derby County).
Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Derby County. Will Hughes replaces Jacob Butterfield.
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
George Thorne (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by George Thorne (Derby County).
Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by George Thorne (Derby County).
Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Richard Keogh.
Goal! Derby County 4, Bolton Wanderers 1. Johnny Russell (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Craig Bryson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high.
Goal! Derby County 3, Bolton Wanderers 1. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Penalty conceded by George Thorne (Derby County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Bolton Wanderers. Mark Davies draws a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
Foul by Cyrus Christie (Derby County).
Emile Heskey (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Derby County 3, Bolton Wanderers 0. Jacob Butterfield (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
Foul by Richard Keogh (Derby County).
Emile Heskey (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Zach Clough.
Attempt blocked. Chris Martin (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince. | Bolton Wanderers' relegation to League One was confirmed by a heavy defeat at promotion-chasing Derby County. | 35948738 |
It happened on the Galgorm Road, near the junction with the Dan's Road, shortly before 21:00 BST on Friday.
The woman, whose name has not been released, had been walking a dog owned by one of her sons who is on holiday.
It is believed she walked out onto the road - possibly to cross it - when she was struck. The woman and the dog were both killed.
The main Galgorm Road was sealed off overnight whilst the police investigated the scene.
Police have appealed for witnesses. | A 70-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a car in Ballymena, County Antrim. | 33663511 |
The judges ruled the right to privacy was "an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty".
The ruling has implications for the government's vast biometric ID scheme, covering access to benefits, bank accounts and payment of taxes.
Rights groups are concerned personal data could be misused. The authorities want registration to be compulsory.
The verdict overturns two previous rulings by the top court which said that privacy was not a fundamental right.
The nine-judge bench, comprising all the sitting judges in the Supreme Court, was necessary because one of the earlier rulings, made in 1954, was delivered by an eight-judge bench.
The Supreme Court verdict is a huge setback for the government which has insisted that privacy is not an inalienable fundamental right guaranteed under the constitution.
When the Aadhaar database was launched, the authorities said it would be a voluntary scheme which would help them weed out corruption while passing on welfare benefits to the most needy citizens.
But in the past couple of years, it has been made mandatory for filing tax returns, opening bank accounts, securing loans, buying and selling property or even making purchases of 50,000 rupees ($780; £610) and above.
The petitioners had said this would help the authorities create a comprehensive profile of a person's spending habits and expressed apprehension that this data could be misused by a government which does not believe in people's right to privacy.
During the hearing of the case, the government's lawyers had told the court that citizens did not have absolute right over their bodies which meant that people could be forced to give their biometrics.
Alarmed citizens can now breathe a sigh of relief - as one legal expert said, Thursday's order recognises the right of a citizen to be the master of his body and mind.
Speaking to reporters outside court, lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who represented the petitioners, described the ruling as "historic".
He said that a smaller bench would now look into the validity of the Aadhaar scheme, the largest biometric identity scheme in the world.
Aadhaar, which means foundation, started out as a voluntary programme to help tackle benefit fraud.
But recently it has been made mandatory for access to welfare schemes.
The government says that Aadhaar has cut waste, removed fakes, curbed corruption and made substantial savings.
Advocates of the scheme have also argued that the portable identity number is a boon to millions of Indians who do not possess any other form of ID.
UN data shows that many births among people belonging to the poorest segments of society are not registered.
In its judgment, the Supreme Court also criticised a previous ruling by the top court that reinstituted a law criminalising homosexuality, saying that "discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual".
A decision on a petition against the law will be made later, it said.
The statement is expected to provide a huge boost to petitioners for LGBT rights in India.
Thursday's ruling comes two days after the court said instant divorce, practiced among some Muslims in the country, was unconstitutional.
It is the last major case due to be heard before sitting Chief Justice JS Khehar retires on Friday.
The government has taken contradictory stands on the issue of privacy.
In previous cases, it said that privacy was protected by the constitution, but argued otherwise in the Aadhaar case.
How did India get biometric data of 1bn people? | India's Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, in a landmark judgement. | 41033954 |
In a speech in Dagenham, east London, Mr Corbyn will say he would ensure full employment by creating one million jobs building new infrastructure.
He also wants stronger employment rights and an NHS free of any private sector involvement.
Mr Corbyn is due to face challenger Owen Smith later in the first hustings of the Labour leadership campaign.
The debate in Cardiff is one of a series planned across the UK during the contest, which ends on 24 September.
During his speech in London, Mr Corbyn is expected to reiterate his claim that the UK's economic model is "broken" and outline how the country can respond.
Mr Corbyn will say: "We could all be living richer lives in a sustainable, more prosperous and more caring society" - BBC political correspondent Chris Mason reports.
"Labour will pledge to rebuild and transform Britain with a bold £500bn programme of investment," the Labour leader is expected to add.
In an interview in The Guardian, his rival Owen Smith says Labour is "teetering on the edge of a precipice" and "could be bust apart and disappear."
Mr Smith's pitch at this evening's hustings will be that he can unite Labour and turn it into what he calls "a radical government in waiting," the BBC's Chris Mason says.
Meanwhile, a group of Labour Party members is launching a legal challenge over restrictions on who can vote in the party's leadership battle.
The group is attacking Labour's decision to enfranchise full members only if they joined the party on January 12 this year or earlier, arguing that they also have a right to vote in the contest as "a term of contract".
The decision to exclude them was made under revised rules introduced by the party's national executive committee (NEC) in July.
To be able to vote, anyone who joined after 12 January had to pay an extra £25 to become a "registered supporter". | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to set out 10 pledges "to rebuild and transform Britain" later. | 36972038 |
All three emergency services were called to a collision between a truck and motorcycle at Altarnun, Launceston, on Sunday 9 August at about 10.15pm.
The arrested truck driver was a 21-year-old man from Bodmin.
The main arterial route through the county was closed westbound at Trewint Gap for almost seven hours.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. | A pick-up truck driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a male motorcyclist was killed on the A30 in Cornwall. | 33847508 |
Sarah Barton, 36, admitted having a relationship with a pupil at the Essex school she worked at until 2016.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership heard she had showed someone a photo of her kissing the girl.
The panel found she fell short of the standards expected of her profession.
Mrs Barton, who had worked at the school - which was not named in the panel's report - since 2007 and was head of dance and drama there, met the girl in the academic year 2015/16.
The pair's friendship eventually "culminated in a sexual relationship", the misconduct panel heard.
They would meet in the school office or in "numerous public places", and went to see the musical Matilda together during half term in June 2016.
Mrs Barton admitted she had failed to maintain boundaries and had abused her position of trust by having a "sexually motivated" inappropriate relationship with the pupil.
The panel said Mrs Barton was "dedicated to her career and to ensuring that the pupils at her school received the best education available", and described her as "an asset to the profession".
A colleague said she was an "exceptionally well respected member of staff". The male co-worker said he would be happy for Mrs Barton to teach his daughter, in spite of knowing what she had done.
Mrs Barton had experienced "significant trauma" a few months before the relationship started, the panel heard.
On behalf of the secretary of state, Alan Meyrick said he believed a ban from teaching - which would be reviewed after five years - was "proportionate and in the public interest". | A drama teacher who took one of her pupils to see a West End show and later had sex with the girl in her car has been banned from working in the profession for five years. | 40864287 |
Julie Dean, 53, died after she was hit by a Qashqai in Leyland, Lancashire in July 2014.
Driver Ann Diggles, now 82, was trying to park and denies causing the death by dangerous or careless driving.
At Preston Crown Court, she said the car "took off" because, her lawyers said, of a fault with the vehicle.
Her lawyers suggested there was a problem with the electronic throttle system, which resulted in an "uncommanded acceleration".
But prosecutors argued that no problem was found with the throttle.
Takuma Nakamura, who is responsible for engine control systems development at Nissan, was asked by prosecutor Richard Archer: "Is it possible, in your opinion, for a malfunction in an electronic throttle to cause sudden acceleration of the vehicle?"
Mr Nakamura replied: "I think that's impossible."
He said the system, in which the computer rather than the driver controls the throttle opening settings, had a self-diagnostic feature and that any problem would have been recorded.
Mr Nakamura also discounted the defence's theory that an undercharged battery could have led to the malfunction and said the vehicle could not accelerate in those circumstances.
Asked about why the vehicle moved forward before the crash, he said: "In my opinion, for some reason the accelerator has been stepped on."
He also disagreed that short-term "voltage glitches" could cause the vehicle electronics to malfunction.
The jury heard the "low speed" crash happened as Mrs Dean stepped out of a charity shop. She ended up underneath the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The court heard Mrs Diggles' car was registered in 2007 and she had driven it for nearly seven years.
The vehicle's original battery was in place and the car had been fully serviced in line with the manufacturer's recommendations.
The trial continues. | A senior manager at Nissan has told a court it was "impossible" that a malfunction caused a Qashqai vehicle to surge forward and kill a pedestrian. | 38814890 |
Andrew Anderson launched the OnBeat headphones on crowdfunding site Kickstarter and hopes to have them on sale by early 2014.
The headphone band is fitted with a flexible solar cell with a charge capacity of 0.55 watts.
The energy generated is stored in two small lithium batteries.
Concealed within both earpads, the batteries charge the device they are plugged into as it is playing.
Mr Anderson hopes to raise £200,000 to get the headphones into production.
"We are still working on the design and prototype," he told the BBC.
"We need to improve the headphones - people want to know about noise cancellation."
He admitted that his father Frank had come up with the idea.
"It's really simple - you would think it had already been done," he said.
"You can buy solar chargers for phones but the thing is it's like you're carrying two phones around."
The idea of using renewable sources to charge devices is proving popular among developers.
A number of inventors have looked at harnessing the energy generated by walking. One project seeking crowdfunding via Kickstarter in the US is a shoe insole that can be used to charge batteries.
A walk of between 2.5 - 5 miles is required to charge an average iPhone battery, says the team at Solepower, which developed the prototype at Carnegie Mellon University.
"We developed a proof-of-concept prototype for lighting up shoes so students could easily see where they were walking at night," say its website.
"We quickly realised that the power generation concept was more universal than small lights.
"We're inventors at heart and our goal is to solve problems using cool technology. Plus, we'd reeeaaallly like our phones to stop dying." | A Glasgow designer has unveiled a prototype pair of headphones which he claims can harness solar power to keep mobile devices charged. | 23240968 |
The 22-year-old forward spent the second half of 2016-17 on loan at Rovers, making eight appearances.
Dunn had previous loan spells away from the Premier League club at Cheltenham Town, Burton Albion and Morecambe.
"I'm pleased to be able to bring a player of Jack's quality to the club on a permanent basis," said Rovers manager Micky Mellon.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Jack Dunn has joined Tranmere Rovers on a one-year contract after he was released by Liverpool. | 40226472 |
Can the politicians seal a deal that will have long-term implications for the health of the planet - and can the French change their hard-earned reputation for grumpiness on an epic scale?
It has to be said that at least on this second question, things are looking very good indeed.
Everywhere you go in this sprawling international village built in the gritty suburb of Le Bourget, you find smiles on granite-faced security guards, cheery "bonjours!" and, get this, they even ask if you want milk in your tea when you order a cup!
At the Le Bourget station, you find some of the hundreds of underprivileged teenagers recruited from the local neighbourhoods to meet and greet the thousands who come to COP21 via the train every day.
They have been specially trained with lessons in English and attitude. They are doing a great job.
But the key to the success of this COP will not be found in the sparkling toilets (they really do!) or in the friendly smiles.
The vital ingredient in the Paris deal lies in the personality of the French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, who is the president of the Conference of the Parties, the man tasked with steering this meeting to a successful outcome.
This imperious diplomat has been a serious global player for decades. He glides through rooms with the confident air of a man well used to power.
Like a stern but respected headmaster, Fab is patient and listens to all. But you sense there is real steel underneath, if required.
The COP seems a little bit scared of him. Most of the deadlines he has insisted upon have so far been met. Very unlike the UN!
And unlike Copenhagen, when Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen seemed at sea with the details and the conventions of this process, Fabius exudes knowledge and respect.
Addressing the plenary session on Saturday, he took a moment to speak "personally".
"As all of you know I have fairly broad experience in public life, but this is something special, this agreement is something we just cannot postpone," he told the negotiators.
"What we are discussing is not only the climate, not only the environment - we are talking about life itself.
"I intend to muster the experience of my entire life at the service of success for next Friday. It is not the question of the presidency on one side and you on the other; we all have to be moving in the same direction."
His comments were greeted with sustained applause.
There is no doubt that Fabius and his boss, President Francois Hollande, will try their utmost to deliver a deal.
French diplomats have traversed the world, in huge numbers in the past 12 months, meeting national leaders to try to understand their key issues.
In his speech of welcome to world leaders last Monday, Hollande showed the benefits of this diplomatic outreach.
He used some "magic phrases" that have huge significance, especially for developing nations.
He was, he said, speaking in the name of "climate justice", and "in the name of climate justice we must act!"
An agreement must be universal, differentiated, and binding, he said. There needs to be "a credible path to limit global warming below 2C, or 1.5C if possible," he said.
"Developed countries must take their historic responsibilities; they are the ones who for years emitted the largest amounts of greenhouse gases. Emerging countries must accelerate their energy transition, and developing countries must be supported in adapting to the impacts of climate change."
Hollande has gone further than any leader of a developed country in reassuring the developing world that they will not be tricked into an unfair deal that will restrict their growth and saddle them with huge loans masquerading as climate finance.
And in Fabius he has the ideal man to drive the Paris agreement over the finish line.
The COP president will be able to look ministers in the eye this week, as a vastly experienced equal, and nudge, charm or chastise them to a deal.
It could all fall apart, undoubtedly. This is the UN after all.
However, Fabius keeps insisting that everything will be wrapped up by Thursday to allow time for translations and revisions. The whole deal is to be signed, sealed and delivered by 6pm on Friday!
Who knows, President Fabius may save the world and still be home in time for his tea!
COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - will see more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.
Explained: What is climate change?
In video: Why does the Paris conference matter?
More: BBC News climate change special report
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc. | As ministers arrive and this conference enters its final week, two big questions remain. | 35021143 |
Cameron Mearns, of no fixed address, and Ashleigh Philpott, from Trinity Square in Magheralin, County Down, were arrested after police raided her home.
A defence solicitor said there was an "extremely weak" case against Ms Philpott and added Mr Mearns had raised a "duress defence" after his arrest.
The case was adjourned until 7 August.
Lisburn Magistrates' Court heard that officers from the PSNI's Organised Crime Branch found a 9mm pistol; cocaine estimated to be worth £7,200 and cannabis with an estimated street value of about £10,000 during the raid on 10 July.
The court was told that as police arrived at Ms Philpott's house, Mr Mearns was allegedly taking the seized items out of a car parked in the driveway while his 25-year-old co-accused was in the front garden.
The pair were jointly charged with having the gun under suspicious circumstances as well as drug possession and possession with intent to supply.
They confirmed to the court that they understood the charges against them.
Mr Mearns, 29, did not apply for bail and was remanded into custody.
Police objected to Ms Philpott's bail application but her defence solicitor said there was no forensic evidence linking her to the gun and drugs.
He added that she had a responsible job as a manager of a chain of chemists and has no criminal convictions
During police interviews, Ms Philpott gave two prepared statements where she denied knowing anything about the gun or drugs and claimed she did not take either cocaine or cannabis.
The judge released her on her own bail of £500 until her next court appearance. | A man and woman both charged with having a gun and drugs estimated to be worth more than £17,000 have appeared in court in Lisburn, County Antrim. | 33493441 |
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, she said the UK leaving the EU need not entail Scotland being excluded from a separate trade arrangement.
"I think that is possible," she said.
The first minister said her government was looking at the detail of how that could happen, adding: "We will publish proposals over the next few weeks."
Ms Sturgeon told the programme her first approach would be to support an acceptable trade deal for the whole of the UK.
She said: "We are going to work with others across the political divide to avert a hard Brexit not just for Scotland but for the whole UK.
"I don't believe there is a mandate to take the UK out of the single market and I don't believe there is a majority in parliament."
The first minister denied she was underestimating the difficulties of finding a solution which allowed Scotland to retain access to the single market if the UK as a whole chose to leave.
"I don't suggest for a second that would be straightforward or without challenges," she said.
"But in the unprecedented circumstances we're in just now, I think there's an obligation on all of us to try to work out solutions that will allow the vote in Scotland to be respected, just as I understand that Theresa May wants the vote in other parts of the UK to be respected."
During Ms Sturgeon's speech to the SNP conference on Saturday, she set out a four-point plan to boost Scottish trade and exports. This would include:
She told party members: "Let me be crystal clear about this - Scotland cannot trust the likes of Boris Johnson and Liam Fox to represent us.
"They are retreating to the fringes of Europe. We intend to stay at its very heart where Scotland belongs.
"We are in a completely new era. A new political era and a new battle of ideas.
"A new era for our parliament, with new powers and responsibilities, and a new era for our relationship with Europe and the wider world." | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she believes a deal could be reached which would allow Scotland to retain access to the European single market. | 37671236 |
The 66 staff and volunteers who worked on the day the Hawker Hunter crashed on the A27 and in the weeks afterwards have received the Dunant Award.
The award was last made to British Red Cross team members following the 1998 Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland.
Eleven people were killed in the Shoreham disaster on 22 August.
"It's an award for teams of volunteers that go over an above their normal day's work," said Richard Tyler, the team manager, who was also awarded a British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours.
"I am a staff member but all of the team around me were volunteers.
"I can't praise them enough."
Among the volunteers on duty on 22 August was Terry Alexander, who has worked with the British Red Cross for 20 years.
She treated 23-year-old Thomas Millburn, who was taking pictures of the airshow from the A27 and was badly burned.
"We couldn't get him out of the site straight away, which meant he was going to be in pain for longer and that was really difficult," she said.
"He was an incredibly brave young man."
A team of 42 British Red Cross personnel were working at the airshow to provide first aid and ambulance support for the event.
As well as helping the South East Coast Ambulance crew, which was first at the scene of the crash, volunteers treated the walking wounded.
They also helped those among the 20,000 spectators who needed medical treatment.
In the days that followed, British Red Cross emergency support teams helped the emergency and recovery teams clear the site and manned a telephone for anyone affected by the disaster, which took 30 calls over two weeks.
Tony Kemp, a nurse who was among the team who pulled pilot Andy Hill from the wreckage of the plane, has been awarded the Special Service Cross by the British Red Cross. | A team of British Red Cross workers who treated people injured in the Shoreham Airshow disaster have been given the organisation's highest honour. | 35254607 |
A Farc negotiator told Colombian broadcaster Noticias Uno "there won't be a signing of the final agreement on 23 March".
He blamed the government for the delay.
The two sides have been holding peace talks for three years to end more than 50 years of armed conflict.
Senior Farc negotiator Jesus Santrich told Noticias Uno that the delay had been caused by government negotiators "changing the rules of the game".
The deadline of 23 March 2016 for the signing of a final agreement had been set by President Juan Manuel Santos on 23 September.
That day, the president travelled to Cuba to announce that the two sides had reached agreement on the issue of transitional justice, one of the thorniest on the agenda.
He and Farc leader Timochenko shook hands at the conference centre in Havana, where the talks have been taking place since November 2012.
A day later, however, another Farc negotiator, Ivan Marquez, was already casting doubt on the viability of the six-month deadline to sign a final agreement.
On Sunday, Jesus Santrich re-iterated those doubts.
He blamed government negotiator for the delay saying they had gone back on points which had already been agreed.
"That was a closed deal," Jesus Santrich said of the agreement on transitional justice.
"And then we had to discuss it twice more, and they [the government] came up with this made-up theory that this was just a draft," he said.
The government maintains the deal on transitional justice reached on 23 September only covered some points and that a comprehensive deal was only reached on 15 December.
The next item on the agenda will be the disarmament of the rebels.
An estimated 220,000 people have been killed as a result of the 51-year-long conflict and more than six million have been internally displaced. | Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, says it will not sign a final peace agreement with the government by 23 March 2016 as both sides had previously announced. | 35150635 |
Sharon Shoesmith is seeking a declaration that she "remains employed" by the council and is entitled to her salary and pension.
She is also claiming damages against the council, which unofficial estimates suggest could reach a six-figure sum.
A High Court judge said the case should go to a hearing next October.
In May 2011, Ms Shoesmith, who earned £133,000 a year, won a ruling that she was unfairly sacked after Ofsted published a damning report into the death of Baby P.
The child, subsequently identified as Peter Connelly, had suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on an at-risk register and being seen 60 times by authorities before he died in 2007.
The Court of Appeal concluded she was "unfairly scapegoated", and her removal from office by the former children's secretary Ed Balls in December 2008 was "intrinsically unfair and unlawful".
The court also ruled the decision by Haringey to dismiss her from its employment, also in December 2008, was "unlawful and void".
In June 2011, the council wrote to her giving her fresh notice of termination of her contract, with effect from September 2011.
It said the notice was "entirely without prejudice" to its contention that her earlier dismissal in December 2008 was valid.
Ms Shoesmith's latest legal action challenges the legality of this latest "attempt" to terminate her contract of employment.
Her lawyers argue the move is "ineffective", according to common law principles of natural justice.
They also contend there has been a breach of her right to a fair trial under Article Six of the European Convention on Human Rights, and "right to peaceful enjoyment of property" under Article One of the First Protocol.
Their written claim also states the June 2011 decision was unfair because Ms Shoesmith was not told of the proposed grounds for the decision and she had been given no opportunity to state her case.
It is also being argued that Haringey had regard to an "immaterial consideration" - that Ms Shoesmith did not seek "reinstatement of her employment with Haringey".
The claim states that Ms Shoesmith had made it clear that she did not expect to be reinstated as director of children's services, but it had "consistently been her position that she could be employed in some other capacity".
Seventeen-month-old Baby P was found to have suffered fractured ribs and a broken back after months of abuse at home.
His mother, Tracey Connelly and her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and his brother Jason Owen were jailed in May 2009 for causing or allowing the child's death. | The former head of Haringey Council children's services has returned to court over her sacking following the death of Baby P. | 21773007 |
His exit seems increasingly inevitable after a poor finish to the season.
The Toffees are currently 12th in the Premier League table but have won just one of their last 10 league games.
Supporters' groups are planning a protest at St George's Hall in Liverpool, where players and officials will gather on Thursday evening.
The only potential sticking point is that Martinez still has three years left on a lucrative contract, worth a reported £4m a year, that he signed in the summer of 2014.
Everton finish their season at home to relegated Norwich City on Sunday.
The agent of Dutch coach Frank de Boer, who has just stepped down at Ajax, has stated he would be interested in the Everton job if it became available.
Southampton's Ronald Koeman and Manchester City's Manuel Pellegrini have also been linked with the club.
Everton's board, led by new major shareholder Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright, have remained silent on Martinez's future.
It had been expected they would wait until the end of the season before conducting a review but anger among Everton fans means a decision on Martinez's future could now be made earlier.
Everton have produced three dismal away performances in succession in the Premier League, losing 4-0 at Liverpool, 3-1 at newly-crowned champions Leicester City and 3-0 at Sunderland on Wednesday.
They also lost the FA Cup semi-final to Manchester United.
In addition, Martinez has presided over the worst home record in Everton's history this season, losing eight of their 18 games so far.
They have won only five league matches at Goodison Park, with two of those coming against relegated Aston Villa and Newcastle United..
Martinez was appointed Everton manager in summer 2013, succeeding David Moyes after he left for Manchester United.
The 42-year-old Spaniard guided Everton to fifth place with 72 points in his first campaign - a club record in the Premier League era - but the Toffees managed just 47 the following season, finishing 11th. | Everton boss Roberto Martinez will face fans' protests at the club's end-of-season awards dinner - unless he is sacked before Thursday's event. | 36273695 |
Dozens of people in paramilitary-style uniform attended Peggy O'Hara's funeral in the city in July. Her son was an INLA member who died on hunger strike.
Police said a 53-year-old man was arrested in the city on Saturday.
A number of other people have been questioned as part of the police investigation.
Mrs O'Hara's son, Patsy, was one of 10 republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
He was a senior member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) - a republican paramilitary group believed to have been responsible for more than 120 murders from its formation in 1975 until its ceasefire in 1998. | A man has been arrested by police in Londonderry investigating paramilitary displays during the wake and funeral of a veteran republican. | 34563696 |
For the six months to September, Nissan reported net income of 237bn Japanese yen ($2.08bn; £1.3bn).
It said it had seen "strong demand" for its new products, with rising sales in its key market of North America.
Carmakers in Japan have also been helped by a weakening yen, which gives them an edge in export markets.
Nissan sold 2.58 million vehicles in the six-month period, which was up 5.8% compared with the same period a year ago.
"Nissan successfully overcame challenging market conditions in the first-half of the fiscal year, delivering solid revenues and profitability amid encouraging demand for our latest models," said chief executive Carlos Ghosn.
Nissan said it enjoyed "strong" sales growth in North America and had seen signs of "stabilisation" in western Europe.
"This offset slower demand in Japan and continued volatility in Russia and other emerging economies."
Japan's consumers are still recovering from a sales tax hike in April, while a slowdown in China, the world's largest car market, has also affected Nissan's sales on the mainland.
Nissan revised its full-year sales forecast down by 200,000 to 5.45 million reflecting lower than expected sales in China and emerging markets.
The yen continued to lose value this week after Friday's surprise decision from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to expand its stimulus measures.
The move was made as the central bank continues to attempt to boost Japan's economy and lift inflation.
The weaker yen has helped bring down the cost of Japanese goods sold abroad, and Nissan said it would help sales in China and some other nations.
Nissan's chief competitive officer Hiroto Saikawa said that while some people were voicing concern about the yen's weakening, that "all in all we think it is positive for industry and the economy".
Earlier this year, Nissan reported a 10% rise in full-year profits, boosted by better sales, cost-cutting and a weaker yen.
The Yokohama-based car manufacturer, which is Japan's second largest, makes some 60 models under its brands including Nissan, Infinity and Datsun. | Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported a 25% increase in half-year profits as strong sales in North America helped to offset weaker demand elsewhere. | 29892526 |
Two bodies were retrieved from the rubble at Hawkeswood Metal in Nechells on Thursday, with the third being removed on Friday morning.
The men, originally from Gambia, died when a 15ft wall of concrete and scrap metal fell on them as they worked.
Relatives wanted the bodies recovered for burial as soon as possible, in accordance with Muslim custom.
The fourth and fifth bodies were removed from the scene on Friday afternoon and it is thought they have been taken to a mortuary in Coventry.
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Forensic post-mortem examinations will then be carried out on Monday.
Det Supt Mark Payne, of West Midlands Police, said some identification "may not be straightforward" and DNA methods maybe used.
He said officers were in contact with all of the families and the coroner's office "to take the families through the next stage of the process".
"Today we will be carrying out the final stages of the search and making everything safe," he said.
"Then we will work with the HSE [Health and Safety Executive] to see exactly what the cause of this incident was. Then we will take appropriate action once we know."
The men, Spanish citizens of Gambian heritage, have been named locally as Bangaly Dukureh, Ousman Jabbie, Alimamo Jammeh, Mohammed Jangana and Saibo Sillah. All are believed to married with children.
A sixth man, who escaped with a broken leg, is also a Spanish citizen of Gambian heritage.
Lamin Yaffa, chairman of the Gambian Islamic Centre, on Raglan Road in Cape Hill, Smethwick, said the man, who he knows as Kamera, was recovering well in hospital.
"Some people have been to see him and they say he is doing well," he said.
Simon Hardiman, group commander of West Midlands Fire Service, said they had to juggle the safety of its crews and respect the dignity of the victims.
He said that although scenes of crime officers were at the site, the incident was not being treated as a crime.
Money has been pouring into a fundraising initiative launched by the Birmingham Mail and the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, with more than £15,000 raised.
Crowds gathered at the gates of Hawkeswood Recycling during the morning but most left at lunchtime to attend Friday prayers.
The local branch of the Gambian Association, based in Ladywood, said it was "devastated" by the news.
Fizar Mahmood, who lives next to the recycling site, said he heard the sound of the wall collapsing but only found out what had happened when his brother called him later.
"I heard the noise in the morning, I didn't expect that this would be happening here," he said.
I've been at a meeting between West Midlands Police and the Gambian community at a mosque in Smethwick.
The force wants to reassure people that it will do what it can to support the victims' families.
Supt Andy Parsons said specially trained officers were helping relatives and that uniformed police would remain at the site all weekend while investigations continue.
Lamin Yaffa, from the Gambian Islamic Centre, said there were several more members of his community who worked at the Hawkeswood Metal plant.
He said he hoped the incident would highlight the difficult conditions some poorly paid people are working in.
"Not just in my community, but in every community there are these problems," he said.
He said the Gambian people would now unite to help them through the tragedy.
"We are a very strong community. As Muslims, this is our way of life. This is what motivates us - to come together at these times."
The Spanish Embassy has been in touch with West Midlands Police offering support to the families.
Mr Yaffa said the Gambian community in Birmingham, which numbers about 10,000 people, had been deeply affected by the deaths.
"There are quite a lot of Gambians in Birmingham, it's a close community and we all know each other. Gambians are still like the olden days of the UK, people are very close," he said.
At the meeting with the Gambian community in Smethwick earlier, Supt Andy Parsons promised to keep the community informed of the investigation.
But he warned that the bodies could not be released for the funerals until the cause of death had been established and initial investigations had been carried out.
Detectives have said they had a "reasonable idea" about what happened.
Several members of the audience voiced their concerns about health and safety at the site, highlighting a serious accident there in 2012 when a worker trapped his arm in machinery.
Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Ltd, which employs about 50 people, was fined £50,000 for the incident. It also pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to a breach of health and safety law.
The company, which was established more than 40 years ago, says it deals with more than 500,000 tonnes of scrap metal each year at its Nechells site.
The plant was also the scene of a major fire in February this year, as 700 tonnes of scrap metal went up in flames. | The bodies of all five workers killed in a wall collapse at a recycling plant in Birmingham have been recovered. | 36743623 |
James Gregoire died after being stabbed in Rosemary Road, Clacton in April.
Darren Gilbert, 22, of Holland Road in the town appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to murder. He will be sentenced in July.
Speaking of Gilbert, Essex Police said Clacton would be "safer for his incarceration".
Officers were forced to restrict access to the town centre following a fight in several streets late on 13 April, which culminated in the fatal stabbing of Mr Gregoire.
Gilbert was found after a manhunt and was arrested the following morning.
Det Insp Morgan Cronin, the senior investigating officer in the case, said: "I am pleased that Darren Gilbert decided to plead guilty due to the weight of evidence there was against him.
"This prevented the family of James Gregoire having to go through the emotional strain of a trial.
"While the verdict cannot bring James back I hope this brings them a form of closure to their tragic loss." | A man described by police as a "dangerous individual" has admitted murdering a 54-year-old during a fight in an Essex seaside town. | 33312893 |
The sleeve - made of material that mimics heart muscle - hugs the outside of the heart and squeezes it, mimicking the action of cardiac muscle.
The early study, published in Science Translational Medicine, shows the concept works on pig hearts.
The British Heart Foundation describes it as a "novel approach" that requires further trials.
Over half a million people in the UK have heart failure.
It is a long-term condition that gradually gets worse over time.
For people with the illness, the heart is unable to pump blood around the body properly - most commonly because cardiac muscle has been damaged, after a heart attack, for example.
Scientists based at Harvard and the Boston Children's Hospital, and in Leeds, say their soft sleeve was inspired by the actions and structure of real heart muscle.
The silicon-based device stiffens or relaxes when inflated with pressurised air.
Fixing it around six pig hearts, scientists found they were able to synchronise the sleeve with each heart's shape and movements.
The study shows the robotic sleeve helped boost the amount of blood being pumped around the body.
And when the hearts stopped beating, the sleeves helped restore blood flow.
Currently, mechanical devices can be implanted in the heart to help it pump. But because they are in direct contact with heart tissue, the body can react to them - leading to the risk of dangerous blood clots.
Researchers argue their sleeve could help cut this risk by "hugging" the outside of the heart rather than being implanted inside it.
But they acknowledge their research is still at an early stage and much longer-term animal studies and then human studies would need to be carried out before it could be used in patients.
Christopher Allen, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "People living with end-stage heart failure are in desperate need of symptom relief, and some will even require a heart transplant.
"We currently don't have enough hearts available to meet the needs of those who require a heart transplant, so we're always looking for innovative new ways to buy time to give people the best chance possible of receiving a new heart and a new lease of life.
"This early research suggests a novel approach to help support heart function, and it will be interesting to see if this translates successfully in human trials in the future." | Scientists have developed a robotic sleeve that can help hearts pump when they are failing. | 38651596 |
They have been announced as hosts of a new Saturday night BBC One show, Let's Sing and Dance For Comic Relief.
The pair quit the Bake Off in September after it was announced the show would be moving to Channel 4.
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief, described as "a singing and dancing extravaganza", will be on BBC One next year ahead of Red Nose Day 2017.
Perkins said she was "thrilled" to be co-presenting the show, "not least because it will finally show the world why I was voted West Penwith's Krumping Champion (over 40s category)."
Giedroyc issued her own statement, which said: "Since leaving the Royal Ballet twelve years ago, Mel is really looking forward to getting back on her points and showing the brave Comic Relief celebrity dancers how to split leap and ball change.
"She's delighted to be taking time out from her busy schedule at the Royal Opera House (she was recently called 'a complete and utter Tosca' in the starring role of the eponymous opera) to take part in co-hosting duties for Let's Sing and Dance For Comic Relief."
Let's Dance for Comic Relief has been a hit TV show with fans in the past.
The new format will see celebrity contestants, who are yet to be announced, singing as well as performing iconic dance routines of classic songs.
They will perform in front of a panel of guest judges. The four-episode series will include three live heats before a live grand finale.
Giedroyc and Perkins will also be sent out onto the street to get the public involved in dance-offs.
Kate Phillips, controller of BBC entertainment commissioning, said it was "hugely exciting" to bring the pair to BBC One on a Saturday night.
She said: "Their warmth, wit, charm and chemistry married with their genuine love of entertainment are all a perfect fit for Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief."
When they announced they were leaving The Great British Bake Off, Giedroyc and Perkins said they were "very shocked and saddened" to learn that Channel 4 had bought the show.
They had been with the programme since it started in 2010 and were a massive hit with fans for their gentle humour and double entendres.
Giedroyc and Perkins, who did not enter into talks with Channel 4, explained in a statement: "We made no secret of our desire for the show to remain where it was... we're not going with the dough."
Mary Berry also said she would not be moving with only fellow judge Paul Hollywood to appear on the show on its new channel.
Great British Bake Off's final episode on the BBC was broadcast on Wednesday, reaching a record audience.
The BBC is hoping the new Comic Relief contest will become an international format, like other shows such as Strictly Come Dancing.
Nicki McDermott from BBC Worldwide is overseeing the international sale of the show format.
She said: "We've already seen how internationally appealing dancing has been, so we're confident that the multi-tasking opportunities and pitfalls that singing adds to the mix will see many other countries wanting to emulate the entertainment values this series affords viewers everywhere."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have signed up for their first show since quitting The Great British Bake Off. | 37801373 |
The jobs to be cut will be non-store based and affect only Boots' UK-based offices.
The move follows the company's merger with US giant Walgreens, which took effect at the end of last year.
Boots said the cuts would "simplify support operations" and that it would attempt to redeploy, retrain and offer redundancy to those affected.
Company president Simon Roberts said: "Together with my leadership team, I believe this plan will make Boots even better for our customers and drive sustainable future growth.
"We also remain fully committed to our presence in Nottingham, which has been the home of Boots since the very beginning.
"We have not taken these decisions lightly, and understand the impact that today's announcement may have on our colleagues.
"We are fully committed to doing everything we can to support all our people as we transform Boots and strive to be even better for our customers and patients."
Boots has 2,511 stores in the UK. | High Street chemist Boots has announced it will cut 700 jobs as part of a restructuring. | 33047154 |
Simon Mills, 34, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, was left mystified when his gold band disappeared from his finger last New Year's Eve.
The family searched their home, car and gym and thought it was "gone forever".
But son Osian, five, spotted something shiny in the Christmas decorations this year and shouted: "That's Dad's ring."
Mr Mills believes he lost the ring after he lost 4st (25kg) in weight by getting fit to become a rugby referee.
Speaking of the discovery, he said: "It was amazing. I thought the ring was gone forever after all this time.
"We couldn't find it anywhere until Osian suddenly pulled out of the box holding the Christmas decorations.
"Then I remembered it was New Year's Eve last year when we had taken the Christmas tree down early. It must have slipped off then."
His wife Donna, 33, who had planned to buy him a replacement ring for Christmas, added: "We were all around the Christmas tree screaming - we never thought we would see it again." | Christmas has come early for one husband this year after his son discovered his lost wedding ring in a box of tree decorations. | 34973856 |
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Every year pods of orcas make a journey from Iceland to Orkney and John O'Groats in Scotland.
The underwater mammals migrate every year for food and it gives people the chance to spot them up close.
Scientists want people to look out for the orcas, as they want to learn more about their migration patterns.
Kathy James from the Sea Watch Foundation explains: "It's relatively easy to see land animals and the habitats they're using, but it's more difficult to see animals that live under the sea. The only way we can see where they are and what they're doing is if people report that to us."
Ayshah went to meet some young whale watchers at a special event called Orca Watch to see what she could spot. | Scientists are asking for people's help to spot orcas across the UK. | 40249059 |
The Foster for Fife Choir is performing a song which was written for them by Fife composer Ian Hammond Brown.
It is called "Help a Child Belong" and the message urges people to come forward to give a child a home at a vulnerable time in their life.
The choir has been singing in halls and shopping centres in Fife.
It is estimated about 800 foster families need to be found in Scotland in the next year to meet demand.
Rae Ormiston, of Fife Council's children and families department, said: "We are constantly looking at creative ways to recruit and bring fostering to the attention of the wider public and that's exactly what the choir is doing.
She added: "Across Scotland there is a reduction in people coming forward. We've seen a slowing down of numbers, which is why we have to to publicise our need more and more often."
Nikki Perry, of the Foster for Fife Choir, who has taken on more than a 100 children in her 17 years as a foster mum, said she hoped the choir would emphasise to potential carers it was a very rewarding job.
She said: "It's a huge experience for everybody, seeing the children being able to move on and grow up and have children of their own and have a secure life which they've possible never had previously.
"If I had a bigger house I'd take another 20 children.
"But I don't unfortunately and we definitely need more foster carers in Fife."
Nine-year-old Brooklyn, who is a member of the choir, told what finding a foster family had done for him.
He said: "I like having a place to stay and I like having a family to take care of me. They're always kind to me."
The Foster for Fife Choir is thought to be the first of its kind in Scotland. | A group of families in Fife have formed a new choir in a bid to urge, through song, more people to become foster carers. | 38366172 |
Alexander Kostenko reportedly threw a stone at a Berkut policeman in Kiev.
Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March 2014, and Russian institutions set up there are not internationally recognised.
The prosecutor said more activists from the Kiev unrest would go on trial.
The case was heard in a court in Crimea's capital Simferopol. Kostenko was also found guilty of illegal possession of a weapon.
Kostenko denied involvement in the violence on Kiev's Maidan - Independence Square - on 18 February 2014, when the Berkut policeman from Crimea was injured.
His lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov said Kostenko would appeal against the sentence. He rejected the court's use of Russian law to prosecute a Ukrainian citizen for actions against other Ukrainians "on Ukrainian territory".
The Russian government says the Maidan unrest which toppled Ukraine's then-President Viktor Yanukovych was a "coup" supported by Western powers. Mr Yanukovych had refused to sign a far-reaching trade and co-operation pact with the EU.
Separately on Friday Russia's permanent representative to Nato, Alexander Grushko, said Russia would "partially strengthen" its military forces in Crimea, "because Nato countries are intensifying their activities, deploying new capabilities right near our borders". | A Russian court in Crimea has handed down a four-year jail term to a local activist for injuring a riot policeman during anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital Kiev last year. | 32751806 |
Researchers found that long-chain hydrocarbons are significantly under-reported in car manufacturers' data.
These hydrocarbons are a key component of two of the worst air pollutants, ozone and particulate matter.
The authors believe these "hidden" emissions are having a large impact on air quality in cities like London.
The exhaust pipes of diesel-fuelled trucks and cars produce an array of emissions that have different impacts on the air that people breathe.
The nitrogen dioxide and particles that are emitted from burning diesel have a direct impact on human health in cities.
But diesel also contains more complex, long-chain hydrocarbons, whose role in air pollution has been little understood until now.
They can form dangerous air pollutants, especially ozone and particulate matter, which are emitted into the air as unburned fuel or diesel vapour.
Researchers from the University of York have been able to detect these complicated compounds in the London air, using sophisticated measuring technology.
"It's definitely been hidden until now," lead author Dr Jacqueline Hamilton told BBC News.
"What we found is that there's actually a lot of this unburned material from diesel that we haven't seen before."
"That might be having a bigger impact on ozone and particle formation than petrol cars are, and historically no one has looked at these emissions at all."
The researchers found that close to 50% of the ozone production potential in London in winter was due to these diesel elements. In summertime, it was around 25%.
The authors believe that these hydrocarbons are having a direct effect on health.
"I think it is having a large impact on air quality in our cities, the number of deaths associated with particle pollution are much higher than those from nitrogen dioxide, this is a route to increase particle pollution so it could have a major impact on human health."
The study also found that the scale of these hydrocarbons in the air was far in excess of the levels expected by government, which are based on data from car manufacturers' emissions tests.
For some types of these diesel emissions, the real world samples were over 70 times greater during winter compared to the regulatory inventories.
The authors say these emissions are "massively under-predicted" but they are uncertain if this is a deliberate attempt by car manufacturers to conceal the scale of the problem or simply an omission through ignorance.
"Volkswagen have admitted they have deliberately turned off the emissions controls, and if these controls lower emissions of hydrocarbons, if you just turn that off, you are definitely gaming the system," said Dr Hamilton.
"If you look in the real atmosphere, compared to the test data, there's a lot of NOx and a lot of these hydrocarbons as well."
Other researchers praised the study as a step forward in scientific understanding.
"It is science that has come up with this discovery, but it definitely has public policy implications," said Prof Paul Monks, from the University of Leicester, who is also the chair of the UK government's air quality expert group.
"It raises yet another question about diesel vehicles. They are implicated heavily in NO2, they are implicated in toxic particulate matter, and this points to another deleterious environmental impact from diesels."
The authors are calling for a review of the way emissions from car and trucks are measured, with much more emphasis on real world testing and increased testing for a wider spectrum of substances coming out of the tail pipe.
"We have a policy in the UK to look at these sorts of hydrocarbons from petrol cars, but we really have to start thinking more seriously about measuring these from diesel cars."
The research has been published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc. | Atmospheric levels of a little known by-product from diesel engines are up 70 times higher than expected according to a study. | 34347873 |
Alex Hales, 27, filled the slot in the summer series against Pakistan but averaged just 18 in four Tests.
Asked if England could be about to pick a new opening partner for captain Alastair Cook, Bayliss said: "Possibly.
"If a player's good enough, he's old enough. I wouldn't have any problem [picking him]."
If selected, Lancashire's Hameed would be the ninth batsman to fill the role alongside Cook since Andrew Strauss retired in 2012.
Hameed has scored 1,129 runs in the First Division of the County Championship so far this season, including four centuries, at an average of 54.
It is just 12 months since the then England Under-19 captain told how he had been getting tips from potential partner Cook ahead of the youth Ashes Test against Australia.
Bayliss added: "There have been some young players making some runs who are coming into calculations - which is very exciting."
England are also monitoring Northants batsman Ben Duckett ahead of the tour to Bangladesh, said his county's director of cricket David Ripley.
Another point for discussion for England's selectors will be whether to pick Liam Dawson as the third spinner.
The Hampshire left-armer conceded two for 70 in eight overs on his one-day international debut against Pakistan on Sunday.
"There are one or two positions in a squad of 16 that could go either way," added Bayliss.
"He will certainly be in discussions - he's a guy who's got something about him.
"He bats, bowls and he's a pretty good fielder as well. But it's his game sense [that's impressive] - he knows how to play the game, almost knows what's going to happen before it happens."
Meanwhile, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has advised Yorkshire that Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow should be rested for their remaining two County fixtures.
Yorkshire, who are second as they go for a third County title on the trot, have games coming up against Somerset and leaders Middlesex.
Warwickshire's Chris Woakes and Surrey's Jason Roy are available for the Royal London One-Day Cup final between their sides on 17 September but the ECB has asked for Woakes to be rested from their last county fixture against Lancashire.
A decision on other players will be made after the Twenty20 international against Pakistan on Wednesday. | England coach Trevor Bayliss says he would have no problem selecting Haseeb Hameed, 19, as a Test opener for the winter tours to Bangladesh and India. | 37281623 |
Agnieszka Kolaczynska won the "ones to watch" category at the National Youth Film Festival for documentaries about her sister who has Down's Syndrome.
Agnieszka, from Llidiartywaen near Llanidloes, has been making films and music videos since the age of eight.
She was presented with her award by Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter at a ceremony in Leicester Square in London.
The National Youth Film Festival celebrates young filmmakers across the UK.
A festival spokesman said Agnieszka's short documentaries called My Little Sister - Who Happens To Have Down's Syndrome had reached unexpected audiences around the world, with the first episode alone receiving more than 200,000 internet hits.
The films are about Agnieszka's little sister Magdalena and they show the pair dancing, singing and playing.
Agnieszka, who won in the 11 to 15 age category, said she loved how film could make people question and think and "take you into another world".
"For me, a self-taught film maker, home educated in the remote Welsh hills, this award has come as a bolt out of the blue," she added.
"It was incredible to see my film on a screen in Leicester Square and I intend for many more of my films to hit the big screen too.
"I love the magic of creating films that move people and make a film a day. It's awesome that the My Little Sister - Who Happens To Have Down's Syndrome series that I started when I was eight, will be seen by more people too."
The festival said Agnieszka spent time researching filmmakers, their films and developing her own techniques.
One of the festival's judges Jim Carter, who plays butler Carson in the ITV drama Downton Abbey, said it was brilliant to see children so passionate and confident about film.
"I presented the ones to watch award, a boy and two girls who have made their own films, produced, directed, and written them," he added.
"They are quite alarmingly good, so I was thrilled to be asked to do it and I wish them all the best in the future."
Agnieszka, who has Polish roots, was first in Wales, seventh in the UK and 31st worldwide at the World Education Games spelling championships last year, finishing ahead of 1.5 million other children.
Children from 200 countries took part in the event against the clock and Agnieszka, who is educated at home, had not sat a spelling test before.
"If you can spell my name, you can spell just about anything," said Agnieszka after winning the prize. | An 11-year-old girl who finished top in Wales in a world spelling championship has now scooped a national film award. | 24940817 |
In his will, the late Pope stated that all his personal notes were to be burnt after his death.
But his private secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, kept them.
He said he did not have the courage to destroy them as they gave precious insight into the Pope's life and thinking.
The 640-page book, Very Much in God's Hands. Personal Notes 1962-2003, contains Karol Wojtyla's personal reflections on religious subjects from his time as Bishop of Krakow until two years before his death in 2005.
Cardinal Dziwisz recently told reporters he had "no doubt'' about publishing the collection. "These notes are so important, they say so much about the spiritual side, about the person, about the great Pope, that it would have been a crime to destroy them.''
The ideas in the book are briefly sketched, with some written in just two or three sentences, says the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw.
The book has its supporters, he continues, but many people in Poland cannot understand why the late Pope's private secretary ignored his wishes.
Adam Szostkiewicz, a prominent religious commentator who opposed the book's publication, says much of it is impenetrable to the average reader.
The cardinal says he spoke to the Pope about which notes should be destroyed and which should be kept.
Cardinal Dziwisz was his closest aide for almost 40 years, first in Poland and then at the Vatican.
After John Paul's death, he was made Archbishop of Krakow in southern Poland.
He has said the proceeds from the book are to fund a memorial museum for the late Pope, who will be declared a saint at the Vatican in April. | A collection of personal notes written by the late Pope John Paul II over four decades is going on sale in controversial circumstances in Poland. | 26046770 |
Farmopolis has been made using about 15,000 plants adopted from the RHS show in May which have been planted on a derelict jetty on Greenwich Peninsula.
Those behind the project said they wanted to create a "hub centred around farming" above the Thames.
The garden, which has no entrance fee, will open to the public on 30 July.
It has been developed through a partnership between event organiser Secret Productions, arts and architecture practice Wayward, and landowners Greenwich Peninsula.
Jo Vidler, director of Secret Productions, said part of the difficulty had been keeping flowers that had been grown specially for Chelsea alive, as many are out of season.
"The gardeners are really enjoying the challenge I think," she said.
Organisers also said they hoped to develop the area into a working urban farm.
"We have a lot of ambition around food growing, but we're starting with plants and flowers," Wayward's Heather Ring said.
The garden will be open between 10:00 and 22:00 BST all week. | Tens of thousands of plants and flowers salvaged from this year's Chelsea Flower Show have been used to create a "floating garden" in south-east London. | 36903974 |
Arthur was a reporter with the Arbroath Herald when the stone was removed from Westminster Abbey in London by four nationalist students on Christmas Day 1950.
The stone had been there for more than 600 years since it was taken from Scotland in 1296 by Edward I, who knew its importance as the Coronation stone of Scottish kings at Scone.
From then on, for centuries, it sat under Westminster's Coronation chair.
The nationalists' stunt shocked the establishment. For months, police searched for the stone on both sides of the border.
Finding it at Arbroath Abbey four months later was the scoop of Arthur Binnie's long career, which included 20 years as the head of the BBC's Aberdeen newsroom.
Arthur was at his desk in Arbroath on 11 April 1951 when the phone rang with a tip that if he went to the abbey he might find something of interest.
That was all. He wasn't told anything more.
He took the office camera and raced to the abbey, cycling so hard the chain came off his bike.
When he arrived, he realised very quickly the scale of the story.
Everyone knew the Stone of Destiny was missing. Arthur was met by the uniformed custodian who led him silently through the abbey ruins to the high altar.
Years later, Arthur described what happened.
He told me: "There, a blue and white Saltire was covering a fairly bulky object which appeared to be sitting on a stonemason's barrow.
"I didn't need rocket science to deduce what it might be and when the custodian pulled away a corner of the Saltire, there it was ... the Stone of Destiny."
He took some photographs and the custodian gave him an envelope with a message from the four students.
Then Arthur Binnie hurried back to his office, puzzled about why no other reporters or photographers had been there.
Later he learned there'd been a mix-up.
A local councillor who'd been supposed to alert journalists had decided to let the police know first but the officer in charge in Arbroath that day took a while to establish the story wasn't a hoax.
Arthur Binnie had the discovery of the Stone of Destiny to himself.
The news went worldwide.
His picture of the stone was on the front pages of national papers in the UK and the United States.
He said the extra money he earned came at an ideal moment.
"I did rather well from all the stories and bits and pieces," Arthur said.
"So much so much so that I was able to get married the following year. So I was grateful for that."
Arthur Binnie moved to Aberdeen soon after his Stone of Destiny scoop.
There's been a debate over the years about whether the sandstone block left in Arbroath Abbey was the genuine article.
Arthur saw it close up and believed it was.
He was a meticulous journalist who advised young colleagues to stick to the ABC of the trade: accuracy, brevity and clarity.
He and his wife Bette celebrated 63 years of marriage in September.
The Stone of Destiny was returned to Scotland permanently in November 1996. | Arthur Binnie, the first journalist to report on the discovery of the missing Stone of Destiny, has died at the age of 89. | 35493518 |
As Britain basked in the early-spring sunshine, there was a festival atmosphere, but with an initial 6,000-plus teams now cut down to around 600, there was also a fierce competitive spirit, with places in the Birmingham finals now within touching distance.
It all began with the exuberance and no-little-skill of our Under-14s and Under-16s teams...
The stars of our live-page coverage were undoubtedly Finesse Under-13s and Sprowston Girls Under-16s, who came through their sections in contrasting styles.
Sprowston reprised their form of round one, when they dismissed all-comers in Norfolk, with a similar display of dominance in Birmingham, culminating in a 7-2 victory in the final.
Finesse, by contrast, ground it out through two penalty shootouts in Wimbledon to prevail in a fiercely contested section, beating the highly skilled WHU Kicks - who also provided us with some great entertainment - 4-2 in the final.
Of course, we couldn't be everywhere, but other qualifiers include (Boys' Under-14) Sproatley Juniors, CS Colts, Summertown Stars, (Boys' Under-16) New Mills, Barking, Sutton Coldfield Town, Handsworth.
And in the girls section, (Under-14) Elita 5s, Hebburn Town Honeys, Plymouth Argyle (Under-16) Hayes and Yeading Ladies, Rose Bridge Academy and not forgetting QPR Girls (and their Brazilian fan club)!
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We followed the fortunes of Norton and Stockton Ancients in the Adult Female category in Leeds as they battled their way to the trophy, sealing it in a penalty shootout.
And we also enjoyed this belting strike from Oakwood Ladies Red in the group stage in Wimbledon, before broadcasting a Facebook live of their final against Elite Soccer Ladies, which Elite won 2-0.
Liverpool fans Team Full of Carraghers will have enjoyed winning the Male Vets category on rival territory in Manchester, Wokingham and District beat Larkhall Legends 2-1 in the final in Bristol, and Harraby Catholic narrowly overcame Grimsby Vets - 4-3 in the final - in Leeds.
Meanwhile, in the over-50s Walking Football, Plymouth Argyle won out in Bristol, Birmingham City lifted silverware on home soil, and Wokingham UB50 have qualified for the finals unbeaten in round one and the semi-finals.
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Another glorious day - albeit an early start for some bleary-eyed mums on Mother's Day with the clocks going forward - and it was the turn of our disability categories and Adult Males.
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First up, Youth and Adult Male League with some great skills and great sportsmanship, exemplified by the youth match between Swanscombe Tigers and Wandgas Football for All in Wimbledon.
Youth winners include Cedarsfield, Bromley Valiants, Bradford DFC, while Pinfold Pumas and Mill Hill both go through from the Adult League in Manchester, Pinfold having come through a dramatic shootout in their semi-final against Danby Rovers.
Last up, the two remaining disability categories and the always fiercely contested Adult Males.
In Manchester, the Disability Premiership category was won by South Tyneside Ability, a 4-3 success against Deaf Rhinos sealing their place in the finals in Birmingham, but they've got their sights firmly on Wembley. (the eventual winners will receive tickets to the FA Cup final there in May the chance to lift their trophy there).
But the Rhinos gave us one of their enduring images of the weekend with their sign language team talk...
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Among our Adult Male winners, we saw some great skill from Scorpionz Blue in Wimbledon. You can watch a Facebook live of their final against T.N.G. here.
And they're joined, among others, in the finals by Back of the Net, who won in Manchester, and Woolpack United, triumphant in Leicester.
To sum up - congratulations to all our qualifiers and well done to everyone who took part in a brilliant weekend's footballing action.
We'll be back with live coverage of the finals on 30 April/1 May and in the meantime, look out for our semi-final highlights on iPlayer and the Red Button.
And the last word goes to our goalscorers and a round up of Sunday's best goals - see you in Birmingham next month!
Media playback is not supported on this device | After the wind and rain of round one, the semi-final weekend of the FA People's Cup couldn't have provided better conditions. | 39399773 |
Irene Nel, 73, came to visit family in Bristol on a tourist visa in 2012, but later became ill with kidney failure.
She has dialysis three times a week and her daughter, who moved to the UK in 1999, said she will die if sent back.
The Home Office said "all cases were carefully considered" but Mrs Nel cannot remain in the UK.
Initially Mrs Nel's medical insurance paid for her stay in hospital when she became ill. It has now said it will not pay for any further medical treatment but would pay for her to return to South Africa.
The case echoes that of 92-year-old South African, Myrtle Cothill, who had her threat of deportation lifted after more than 150,000 people signed a petition for her to stay in Dorset with her daughter.
Mrs Nel said she wants to remain in Bristol because she has no family in South Africa to look after her.
She is being cared for by her daughter Desree Taylor in Sea Mills and has two other sons who live in the UK, and have British passports.
Mrs Taylor, a British citizen, said they had done everything to help their mother stay in the UK legally, but their visa applications had been rejected.
Her mother said in her letter to Home Secretary Theresa May that if she is sent back she would like "six weeks notice so I can stop dialysis".
She said: "I'd rather die than go back there. I love my country but I cannot go back to nothing."
Mrs Taylor said: "I don't want to sit and watch my mum pass away but it's out of my control. I don't understand how someone could decide that on someone else's life.
"I don't know how I am going to deal with it that is why we're pleading for help."
A Home Office spokesman said: "All cases are carefully considered on their individual merits, in line with the UK immigration rules."
He added an independent immigration judge had "upheld this decision".
Desree Taylor said the family had spent more than £15,000 on legal costs and had now launched a petition with more than 1,000 signatures so far. | An elderly South African woman living illegally in Britain has written to the Home Secretary asking for clemency over her deportation. | 36027822 |
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The 25-year-old world champion scored 16 for his routine, with 9.2 for execution and 6.8 for difficulty.
Brazilian Arthur Zanetti, the London 2012 champion, went last and finished with 15.766 and a silver medal.
Russia's Denis Ablyazin, who was only cleared to compete with the rest of his country's gymnasts the day before the Olympics began, won bronze with 15.7.
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Machynlleth Town Council banked £71,663 before handing it to charities and local causes, including the school April attended.
Auditor BDO said money offered by the public should have been refused.
Councillors defended their actions at a meeting on Wednesday, saying it was an "unusual" situation.
Y Plas, where the council is based in Machynlleth, became a hub for the search for April in October 2012, with people wanting to donate money.
The report said: "The council had no power to collect this money or to establish a bank account for its retention, but ultimately they did not intend to collect the money, they were just given it by the public.
"When people came into the office and gave them money they should not have accepted the money."
Gareth Jones, who was town mayor at the time of five-year-old April's murder, said the council accepted and would implement the auditor's recommendations - but asked what should have been done.
"What it (the report) doesn't say is what we should have done at the time and what should be done if it happened to any other town council.
"Surely the report should be telling us what we should have done when we had thousands of pounds in the bank upstairs. It would still be there now."
Mr Jones also claimed there were errors in the report.
After the meeting he told BBC Wales these included a statement that the money had been handed to a fund set up by April's family.
He said the council had in fact set up an independent board of trustees which had decided what to do with the donations.
Councillor Michael Williams told the meeting they were "trying and traumatic" times and he found it difficult to see what else the council could have done.
The disappearance of April in 2012 sparked the biggest search in UK police history.
In May 2013, Mark Bridger was convicted of her murder and was given a whole life sentence.
A judge branded him a "pathological liar" and "a paedophile"..
Sylvia Rowlands, the current mayor, apologised to the people of Machynlleth on behalf of the council.
"We have taken the recommendations, we have read the report and we will put our house in order. We apologise to the people of Machynlleth. It was not done intentionally."
The report also drew attention to "failures in governance arrangements and inadequacies in financial management and internal control" at the council.
It found the council failed to complete its annual accounting statements and submit its annual return on time for each of the past six years.
It said the former clerk's "failure to maintain proper records" resulted in the loss of £5,073 when VAT was not reclaimed - 2% of the council's total annual budget.
The report said the new clerk had "worked to improve internal controls and bring the accounts up to date". | Town councillors have apologised for collecting money following the murder of April Jones after a report found it was outside their powers. | 37165286 |
The terms of reference for the Charleton Tribunal were agreed by the Irish government on Thursday.
It followed claims by Sgt Maurice McCabe that the Republic's penalty points system was fraudulent.
County Donegal based garda Keith Harrison said he hoped the inquiry would "establish the truth".
Sgt McCabe was investigated by the Republic's child and family agency (Tusla) following allegations of abuse, that were later found to be untrue.
Mr Harrison claims he was also the subject of untrue abuse accusations.
"After a long and difficult battle to have all my complaints investigated, I would like to acknowledge the publication today of the expanded terms of reference of the Tribunal of Inquiry that finally includes an investigation of the ill-treatment of my family and I.
"The inclusion of an investigation of the ill-treatment of other whistleblowers within An Garda Síochána (Irish police) is a welcome development.
"I trust the inquiry will establish the truth and bring about a change within senior management of An Garda Síochána," he said.
The tribunal will prioritise allegations against Sgt McCabe, with other high-profile whistleblowers such as Mr Harrison included in a separate module.
It is expected to issue an interim report within three months. | An Irish policeman has welcomed his inclusion in the investigation of false allegations against garda whistleblowers. | 39002441 |
The group was arrested after heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth about £192,000 was seized following a major police operation in 2014.
It involved the supply of drugs from the Torry area of Aberdeen.
The men were jailed at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to drugs offences. Three other men received non-custodial sentences.
Michael Clark, 28, was locked up for five years and two months.
Jaimie Campbell, 21, was sentenced to three years and seven months.
Kevin Tolmie, 30, was jailed for two-and-a-half years, while Lee Nicol, 23, was sentenced to two years and five months.
Scott White, 29, was jailed for 18 months and Lee Hulse, 21, sentenced to 13 months.
Stewart Sutherland, 24, Alexander MacPherson, 28, and Gary Clark, 33, were handed community payback orders.
Det Supt Martin Dunn said: "This was a significant operation as it involved the dismantling of a well-established group in the Torry area of Aberdeen, which was distributing drugs throughout the north east." | Six men involved the supply of drugs in Aberdeen have been jailed for a total of more than 16 years. | 33014407 |
Karen Whitmore was made redundant from her post as assistant director of organisation and governance at Middlesbrough Council in June.
Teesside Magistrates Court heard claims she was targeted for raising concerns about the sale of buildings for under the market value.
Ms Whitmore claims unfair dismissal.
The hearing was told of Ms Whitmore concerns over the council's sale of Grade I listed Acklam Hall.
She said that when she asked by external auditors to investigate the sale she was told officers had agreed a price reduction of £1.2m for the building.
Ms Whitmore was also told to hide the way it was handled because the then-mayor, Ray Mallon, did not want to be embarrassed, she claimed.
The tribunal was also told she raised concerns about selling Middlesbrough's Training and Development Centre to Mr Mallon's election agent, for £400,000 after an independent valuation was put at between £600,000 and £900,000.
She claimed she was bullied by the current chief executive, Tony Parkinson, undermined by the former chief executive, Mike Robinson, and her concerns and complaints were ignored by the mayor, David Budd.
All men contest the accusations, and the hearing continues. | A former senior council officer was "bullied and threatened" after refusing to cover up the way assets were sold off, an employment tribunal has heard. | 39355414 |
The accusation levelled at India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) came in a statement issued by the army's media wing. There was no mention of any specific incident, but privately military officials have been blaming India for involvement in a separatist insurgency in Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan.
Many say it is probably the first time a Pakistani authority outside political or diplomatic spheres has publicly named an Indian institution in this manner.
They see this assertiveness as a sign of the Pakistani army's growing willingness to be seen to be dictating the country's foreign and national security policies.
It comes as the army tries to face the triple threat of the Pakistani Taliban, Baloch insurgents and a complicated mix of urban crime, ethnic, linguistic, religious, sectarian and political rivalries in the country's biggest city, Karachi.
It also indicates a toughening of Pakistan's position against India at a time when the Pakistani army is emerging as one of the chief guarantors of peace in Afghanistan, in partnership with China.
Any failure to deliver on this score is likely to weaken Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, an apparent ally of Pakistan, and strengthen pro-India forces in Kabul.
Conversely, any arm-twisting by the military to force the Afghan Taliban to the dialogue table may antagonise them and thereby deprive Islamabad of a proxy to check the spread of Indian influence in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has long accused India of fuelling insurgency in Balochistan. Officials say Indian spies are operating through a network of Indian missions dotting southern and eastern Afghanistan, where most Baloch insurgents are also based.
The military believes India also has involvement in Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most volatile city. This suggestion comes from a recent claim by a senior police officer - believed to be the mouthpiece of the military - that RAW helped a Karachi-based party.
Observers say the Pakistani army has been soft-pedalling in the fight against the Afghan Taliban as well as anti-India militant groups based in Pakistan, but it has come down hard on Baloch insurgents and political activists.
Over the years, hundreds of Baloch activists have gone missing, most of them turning up dead on the streets or across the vast wilderness of the province. Locals blame all these disappearances and killings on the army and its surrogate groups, a charge the army denies.
More recently, however, it has moved more openly to curb movement and debate by Baloch rights activists.
In March, authorities at Karachi airport stopped three Baloch activists from proceeding to New York to participate in a seminar on human rights violations in Balochistan and Sindh province.
One of them was Mama Qadeer, a 70-year-old Baloch rights activist who shot to fame when he walked 3,000km (1,860 miles) from Quetta to Islamabad last year to protest over killings in Balochistan.
In April, two men introducing themselves as ISI operatives handed a written "order" to the management of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), asking it to cancel a talk which featured Mama Qadeer.
While LUMS gave in, on 25 April a similar talk went ahead at The Second Floor (T2F), a tea house-cum-book store in Karachi, despite what some activists claim were "warnings" not to hold the event.
Within an hour, the moderator of that talk and head of T2F, Sabeen Mehmud, 40, was shot dead by unknown gunmen while driving home in her car.
The incident sparked protests across the country, with civil society groups and several newspaper columnists accusing the ISI directly or more subtly for the murder.
The pressure grew so much that the army had to issue a separate statement condemning Ms Mehmud's murder, apparently to distance itself from the incident.
Many believe the army's latest statement about RAW may be equally meant to deflect this wave of public criticism. | Why would Pakistan's army accuse Indian intelligence of "whipping up terrorism" in Pakistan? | 32604137 |
He said he had sent the US evidence of Fethullah Gulen's criminal activities - allegations the cleric denies - in support of an extradition bid.
Mr Yildirim insisted that his country was governed by the rule of law.
Thousands of soldiers, police and officials have been detained or sacked since Friday's coup attempt.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again refused to rule out reinstating the death penalty for coup plotters if it is approved by parliament.
The EU has warned that such a move would see the end of accession talks to the bloc.
For now, at least, that seems not to worry President Erdogan, who is seizing the opportunity to tighten his grip, reports the BBC's Turkey correspondent, Mark Lowen.
Prime Minister Yildirim was speaking after meeting the leader of the main opposition CHP party.
He warned people not to act out of a spirit of revenge in the wake of Friday's failed military takeover, saying that would be "unacceptable" but whoever had acted against the law would be punished.
"Today we need unity," he said.
The interior ministry has dismissed almost 9,000 police officers as part of a purge of officials suspected of involvement in the coup attempt.
That followed the arrest of 6,000 military personnel and suspension of almost 3,000 judges over the weekend.
Many of those accused of involvement are closely linked to the ruling apparatus.
Turkey's armed forces have been dealt a significant psychological blow by the attempted coup, and their prestige and status have been damaged.
Turks had assumed that coups were a thing of the past.
Not only does this latest plot come as a threat to the country's democracy but it has also stymied its ability to act in its key role as a provider of regional security.
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Reports on Tuesday said President Erdogan's Air Force adviser, Lt Col Erkan Kivrak, had been detained at a hotel in the southern province of Antalya.
According to Reuters news agency, 257 staff at Mr Yildirim's own office - some 10% of the total number - have also been removed from duty.
More than two dozen generals, including former air force chief Gen Akin Ozturk, have been remanded in custody pending the setting of trial dates.
Like Mr Gulen, Gen Ozturk denies any involvement.
Mr Yildirim said action would be taken against Mr Gulen's supporters.
"I'm sorry but this parallel terrorist organisation will no longer be an effective pawn for any country," Mr Yildirim said, according to Reuters.
"We will dig them up by their roots so that no clandestine terrorist organisation will have the nerve to betray our blessed people again."
Meanwhile, the UN urged Turkey to uphold the rule of law and defend human rights in its response to the attempted coup.
In a statement, High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said the mass suspension or removal of judges was "cause for serious alarm". He expressed "deep regret" at suggestions the death penalty could be reinstated.
According to official figures from the prime minister's office, Friday night's coup attempt left 232 people dead and 1,541 wounded. | The Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, has vowed to purge supporters of an exiled cleric "by the roots" in the aftermath of the failed coup. | 36833972 |
There has been growing concern that large purchases, often in Africa, were in effect "land grabs" by the rich.
But the Land Matrix Global Observatory says that many deals have been significantly exaggerated.
The database has been developed by a group of five international research centres.
For several years now, media reports of land acquisitions have highlighted the growing trend of private investors and national governments to secretly acquire land in poorer countries in order to secure supplies of food and other resources.
Campaigners have complained that these investments were often unjust, with the people living on the land being thrown off by the new owners.
But despite the concerns that many investors are buying to take advantage of high food prices, there has been very little clear information about the scale of the issue.
After being launched in beta mode last year, the Land Matrix Global Observatory now hopes to paint a more realistic picture of the number and impact of land purchases.
The database suggests that more than 46 million hectares of land have changed hands in 756 verified land deals. About half of all transactions take place in Africa, with many in Mozambique and Ethiopia.
In the Indian state of Gujarat, some 50,000 hectares have been acquired near Ahmedabad by the government for development as a special economic zone. But for the 16,000 people who live in 44 villages in the region and who graze their animals on this land, the move is unwelcome. As they don't have legal title, they would receive no compensation if the plan goes ahead.
But the researchers say that getting accurate information remains a significant challenge. They quote the example of the investment by Agri-SA, the South African national farmers' union, in land in Congo-Brazzaville.
Initial reports suggested that 10 million hectares were being purchased. In the end, a contract was actually signed for 80,000.
Much of the hype comes from investment companies trying to influence the market, the researchers say. They also believe the role of countries like China has been exaggerated.
"We see from the new data that the activities of China have been overestimated," Dr Ward Anseeuw, from the French research centre CIRAD, told BBC News.
"In the press you see China everywhere, but in the database there is not as much China as we think there is."
While the bulk of direct investment continues to come from western countries and companies, there are growing numbers of land purchases that are funded by national or regional governments. In Asia, over 80% of acquisitions are financed from within the region.
The researchers found that when land has been bought for agriculture, it was split equally between food and non-food crops. The team said there was no clear bias towards biofuel crops.
But apart from direct investment, the new database suggests there are some worrying trends emerging.
"What we are seeing is the development of other instruments that allow investors to be more invisible, such as contract farming or through bank control," said Dr Answeeuw.
"Instead of buying land through a foreign entity, they are buying stakes in local agribusiness that are controlling these lands."
While the researchers say that economic failures especially in Africa have made investors more cautious about where they put their money, the inflow of funds is still posing some significant challenges for indigenous peoples.
"In many cases, it is common land or community land that is under threat," said Michael Taylor from the International Land Coalition.
"If it is grazing land or land that local people use, they don't have any legal protection. It is on this land that we see the gravest of threats," he said.
The database now uses a wide number of data sources to help increase both accuracy and transparency. While those involved recognise its limitations they believe that it will promote good practice. Not all foreign direct investment is land-grabbing.
"If there is no investment in agriculture in Africa, it will not grow," said Dr Answeeuw.
"We need these investments; the public sector alone can't do this. We need the private sector to come in," he added.
Follow Matt on Twitter. | Researchers have released a new version of a database that records global land acquisitions by governments and private investors. | 22839149 |
The arrests were over drug possession with intent to supply, fraud and public nuisance offences.
More than 100,000 people are expected to have attended the three-day event at Glasgow Green by the end of Sunday.
Ambulance Scotland said that 68 people had been treated at the onsite hospital tent for minor injuries and medical complaints.
Police Scotland said it wanted to remind those attending Scotland's newest music festival that officers had a "zero tolerance" approach to drugs.
Two people were also reported to the procurator fiscal for allegedly being in possession of a small quantity of drugs, while 25 people also received a police warning for the same offence.
Ch Insp Simon Jeacocke, event commander for Police Scotland, added: "We continue to have an armed presence outside Glasgow Green for everyone's safety and security."
About 35,000 people attended the Glasgow Green festival on Friday, with 50,000 people watching the bands on Saturday.
Organisers said attendance has exceeded expectations.
The acts on Sunday included 18-year-old Declan McKenna, performing on King Tut's Stage.
Ahead of the show, he said: "I'm feeling good actually, I mean, it's a little more rainy than I was expecting but I'm up for it and looking forward to the show.
"I've never played anywhere other than Glasgow in Scotland, I don't think. The crowds have always been really, really good.
"They have always been really kind to us and very rowdy, to a point. I have got high expectations of Scottish crowds."
Kasabian headlined Saturday night, with the crowd enjoying hits such as You're In Love With A Psycho, Shoot The Runner and Club Foot.
The event runs over the same weekend usually taken up by T in the Park, which organiser DF Concerts announced last November would "take a break" in 2017.
TRNSMT finishes on Sunday, with acts such as The View, local band Twin Atlantic, Two Door Cinema Club and headliners Biffy Clyro. | Eight people have been arrested at the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow, police have said. | 40549551 |
A referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU will be held on 23 June.
If the UK votes to leave there will be an initial two years in which a new trade deal with the EU can be struck.
A report by Davy stockbrokers suggests that even if a deal is done there could be "non-tariff barriers".
Those could include regulatory differences and customs checks.
The report says that as the Republic of Ireland accounts for a third of Northern Ireland's goods exports non-tariff barriers "could be particularly costly" for Northern Ireland.
It cites Norway as an example, which has access to the UK single market but still faces rules of origin requirements and anti-dumping duties.
The report, written by economist Conall Mac Coille, takes the view that the UK would ultimately maintain its membership of the single market with a "fudge" allowing some autonomy on migration.
It says the worst case scenario is the failure to secure a free trade deal, which would mean UK exporters would have to pay tariffs on products going to the EU.
It describes the EU tariffs on agricultural products as "exceptionally high".
It also emphasises that the UK and the Republic of Ireland could not do a bilateral trade deal as Ireland would be bound by wider EU policy.
Proponents of leaving the EU say it would leave the UK free to make free trade deals with fast growing economies around the world.
One pro-leave economist, Dr Graham Gudgin, has said leaving the EU would not have "much effect" on the Northern Ireland economy.
He said studies that have been done so far suggest the impacts on the UK economy would be in the range of plus or minus 2% of gross domestic product.
He described that impact as "pretty small" and "within the margin of error". | Northern Ireland could face barriers to trade with the Republic of Ireland even with the agreement of a free trade deal in the wake of a UK exit from the European Union, a new report suggests. | 35931010 |
Martha Williams, 26, travelled to the UK to donate stem cells to 24-year-old May Brown.
The Home Office reversed a decision not to issue Ms Williams a visa after more than 60,000 signed an online petition.
The transplant was deemed a success in March. But the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) said Mrs Brown died on Friday following a relapse.
It added she passed away "surrounded by her loved ones".
The operation was postponed from December to January after Mrs Brown, from Weymouth, became unwell with a virus and required further chemotherapy, ACLT said.
However, ACLT co-founder Beverley De-Gale said Mrs Brown relapsed in April.
"The leukaemia came back and it came back very aggressively.
"The doctors tried again to get May back into remission but sadly the leukaemia was too strong."
She added she felt the delay in Ms Williams getting a visa may have contributed to Mrs Brown's death.
"You never know with any cancer what way it's going to go but any delay is never going to help the situation.
"I sadly have to say that could be a possibility but I am not a medical expert."
King's College Hospital in London, where Mrs Brown received her treatment, refused to comment on the matter.
However, a spokeswoman said staff were "saddened" by her death, adding: "Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time."
Mrs Brown was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2015.
She had been told her only chance of survival was an urgent stem-cell transplant. Her sister Martha was a "10 out of 10" tissue match.
ACLT said Ms Williams was initially refused a UK visa because her teacher's salary of £222 per month was too low.
Mrs Brown is survived by her husband Mike and two-year-old daughter Selina-May.
Paying tribute to his wife, Mr Brown said: "May will forever be remembered in our hearts.
"She was a strong, beautiful, supportive, wonderful wife and mother. Selina and I will truly miss her."
In a statement, the Home Office said Ms Williams' visa was issued on compassionate grounds on 21 October.
A spokesman said the visa was initially refused on 5 October because she did not meet the requirements of the immigration rules. | A woman with leukaemia at the centre of a campaign to allow her donor Nigerian sister to come to the UK has died. | 40641812 |
The "startled" animal ran at Dr Kate Stone, 45, on 30 December 2013 while she was on holiday near Fort William.
She was seriously injured and it was almost four months before she was able to eat solid food.
"I'm fully recovered and never thought I would be," she said. "I can't thank the doctors enough for saving me."
Dr Stone was in the garden of a house in Lochailort when the stag, believed to have become trapped there, ran towards her.
It knocked her over, impaling her throat with its antlers.
She was airlifted to Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and put into an induced coma.
Her trachea and oesophagus were both pierced. The antlers damaged her vocal cords and fractured her neck.
Several months and three operations later, the scientist, who owns a high-tech print company, finally had the tubes through which she had been fed, removed.
Now back in Cambridge, Dr Stone said she had "thrown myself back into work".
"A year ago it was all about me and my accident - my 'stag-cident', as I call it - it was surreal, but now it's all about my work.
"What happened to me doesn't define who I am. It's all about stepping forwards, not looking backwards," Dr Stone said.
She is planning to camp while she walks through the Cairngorms this week.
"It is my first proper time back in the hills and sleeping out in the mountains overnight on my own is a little scary but it should be fun," she said.
"I think the cold and the snow will worry me more than any wild beasts."
However, she admitted: "I will be a little apprehensive if I see a stag.
"I was camping recently and heard deer barking in the woods. It terrified me, but I won't let fear hold me back.
"I'm not trying to conquer nature and I know the deer are not out there to get me.
"I'm doing this because it's something I love doing in a place I love being." | A woman from Cambridge who nearly died when she was gored by a stag in the Scottish Highlands plans to return to the area for the first time this week. | 30655602 |
Pupils came up with the idea of the parking notices after being worried about crossing roads near Hillside Primary School in Bradwell, Norfolk.
Head teacher, Simon Minter said safety was at risk and despite a 30mph speed limit outside the school, there had been "several near misses".
Children issued 12 of the unofficial tickets to drivers of offending cars.
Toby, who is on the school council, came up with the idea: "A lot of children are starting to walk to school and a lot of parents are parking where they're not meant to be."
One parent who parked on a bus stop outside the school said she was late and knew a bus was not expected for another 20 minutes, but added she "would never park there again."
The children's actions were endorsed by many parents dropping off children.
"I really agree with them getting tickets. I think it's disgusting that they think they can park where they like and put kids in danger," said one parent.
Mr Minter said there was parking nearby even if that would involve a short walk.
"We've got some incredibly supportive parents but many don't realise the impact of their actions en-masse.
"We provide year five and six with as much independence as we can. If they don't see approaching traffic because of cars parked where they shouldn't be, they put themselves in danger," he said.
The school has 209 pupils and the head said "a greater proportion could walk to school" which would be a benefit given that "fitness is an issue in the area".
He explained the catchment had seen a 7% to 12% rise in obesity levels among children.
The school said it planned to run the ticketing exercise regularly. | Parents who park or drive badly near a village school have received 'parking tickets' issued by pupils. | 39102135 |
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United had only two shots on target but Anthony Martial's close-range finish was enough to earn three points.
"We didn't play so well," Van Gaal said. "We didn't create many chances.
"Everton are a very good team, much stronger away than at home, and it was a very tight game. We were the lucky team today."
Manchester United have been dogged all season by criticism of their style of play - with Sunday providing the 15th occasion this season in all competitions that a match at Old Trafford has been goalless at half-time.
"We want to give entertainment for the fans, but the fans were entertained today because of the tension," Van Gaal said.
However, despite having the second-lowest goal total of any team in the top half of the table, United are just one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City and remain firmly in the race for the Champions League qualification places.
United, who had won 1-0 at City in the previous league match on 20 March, visit Tottenham next Sunday.
"If we lose today, the victory against Manchester City is worthless," Van Gaal said. "Now we are still in the race. We have a very important game against Tottenham."
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Local residents say the Lansdowne Monument above Cherhill, near Calne, has suffered weather damage.
The 38m (125 ft) Grade II* listed obelisk was built in 1845.
The National Trust said damage was "less than expected" and no date had yet been set for its conservation, which will cost over £600,000, due to a backlog of projects.
Local resident, Ralph Scott, said the monument had been neglected and was "an eyesore" since protective hoarding and scaffolding was put up around it in 2009.
"I'm sure they [the National Trust] have got enough money in their kitty to do little job on this. It won't cost that much."
Other local people told the BBC they believed the monument's condition had got worse in the past few months.
The obelisk was last repaired in 1990, but the stone used was softer than that used originally, and it has already started to wear away.
A spokesman said the National Trust was "committed" to the monument's conservation, but due to "a large backlog of projects" and "limited funding available" a date had not yet been set for repairs to begin.
"The monument is being carefully monitored and the deterioration is actually less than expected probably because of the mild winters, since it is frost action which causes the greatest damage," the trust said.
The monument was commissioned by the Third Marquess of Lansdowne to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty, and was designed by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament. | Concerns have been raised that a notable landmark in Wiltshire has deteriorated over the winter. | 35648593 |
"Can you bring Trump here?" he asked the audience, as he introduced a screening of his film The Libertine.
After receiving jeers from the crowd, he added: "You misunderstand completely. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?"
"I want to clarify," he added, "I'm not an actor. I lie for a living [but] it's been a while. Maybe it's about time."
The star acknowledged that his comments - which may have been a reference to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by actor John Wilkes Booth in 1865 - would prove controversial.
"By the way, this is going to be in the press and it'll be horrible," he said. "It's just a question, I'm not insinuating anything."
He is not the first US celebrity to allude to killing the president.
At a rally in Washington DC, Madonna said she thought "an awful lot about blowing up the White House" and the US rapper Snoop Dogg shot a toy gun at a Donald Trump character in a music video.
But on social media, some have criticised Depp's comments - which come days after a gunman shot and injured Republican congressman and four others in Virginia in the US.
"Casual Johnny Depp: 'When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?' GOP reps targeted & shot days ago," tweeted one user, Chet Cannon, referring to the incident.
The US Secret Service is aware of Depp's comments, according to US media reports.
Festival-goers in Somerset met his comments about President Trump with laughter, albeit mixed with shock.
Depp - wearing distressed jeans and a black fedora - was mobbed by fans as he arrived at Worthy Farm.
Speaking to the BBC afterwards, one fan was more concerned with meeting her idol than analysing his politics.
"I don't even know what to say. I'm going to die," said Jess Gallagher. "He reached out and touched my hand and I don't know what to do.
"He's an amazing actor and I've loved him ever since I studied him in year 11 in A-Level drama. I can't cope!"
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Actor Johnny Depp appeared to threaten US President Donald Trump during a speech at the Glastonbury Festival. | 40377075 |
Sir John Chilcot, who chairs the inquiry, has written to the PM saying he cannot set a timetable for the release of the report.
Sir John says the inquiry is waiting for a number of witnesses to provide responses to a draft of criticism they may face in the final document.
The inquiry was set up in 2009 and was meant to report in 2011.
Replying to Sir John's letter, Mr Cameron says he is "disappointed" there is no timetable for the report to be completed.
"Since the establishment of the inquiry nearly six years ago, the British public, in particular those who served in Iraq or lost loved ones in the conflict have been awaiting the results of your work," he wrote.
"They, and I, had hoped for the publication of your report by now and we are fast losing patience."
Mr Cameron is limited in what he can do to speed up the publication of the report because the Chilcot inquiry, which has cost £10m so far, is independent - a fact acknowledged by Downing Street.
The SNP's leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, raised the issue at Prime Minister's Questions, where Chancellor George Osborne was standing in for David Cameron.
"I asked the Chancellor if he felt a moral and political responsibility for getting to the bottom of this calamitous war and its consequences," said Mr Robertson in a statement.
"This inquiry needs to be published in full - and as a matter of urgency. Abandoning it would be wholly unacceptable.
"Answers are long overdue, and the continued delays to the publication of this report are a democratic outrage."
Mr Osborne told the SNP MP the Chilcot inquiry was "completely independent of government and we do not determine when it publishes its conclusions".
"But where I agree with the honourable gentleman is this: it has been a long time coming. And people, I think, are running out of patience. They want to see that report."
Sir John said his inquiry was in the "Maxwellisation phase", where witnesses are invited to respond to a draft of criticism they may face in the final report.
Sir John has written to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, saying the inquiry has received a "large proportion" of the responses it expected from witnesses.
"The responses have been constructive. In a number of cases they have opened up new issues or referred to material that was not part of the evidence submitted to the inquiry, which we are considering with care," he said.
He says it is "essential" that the remaining witnesses respond, so the inquiry can finish its work.
"Only when all responses are in our possession and have been evaluated will I be able to write to you with a realistic timetable for completion."
Conservative MP Jake Berry said Sir John should consider resigning from the inquiry if he cannot announce when he will publish a final report and consider making an interim report public.
The Rossendale and Darwen MP has written to Mr Cameron demanding that nobody who could be implicated in the inquiry should be given a public job or receive an honour until its publication.
He told the BBC: "This repeated delay potentially putting the report back to six years I think is completely unacceptable and he should... if he is unable to deliver consider his position." | David Cameron says he is "fast losing patience" with delays in the publication of the Iraq Inquiry report. | 33163916 |
Kapil Mishra, who has been sacked from the party and the cabinet, said Mr Kejriwal misused his powers as Delhi's chief minister.
Mr Kejriwal on Monday tweeted that "truth will prevail".
The AAP was born out of a massive anti-corruption movement that swept India in 2013.
The party had promised to make "big revelations" in the state assembly on Tuesday. But it did not comment on corruption allegations, choosing instead to highlight its findings about "electoral fraud".
The AAP said it lost the recently concluded Delhi municipal elections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party because Electronic Voting Machines were rigged.
Mr Modi's party rejected these allegations, and asked Mr Kejriwal to respond to Mr Mishra's claims.
Mr Mishra, who was water minister in Mr Kejriwal's cabinet until last week, said the chief minister had "forgotten the founding values of the party".
But the AAP said in a statement that Mr Mishra was sacked because of his poor performance and accused him of making allegations out of frustration.
Led by Mr Kejriwal, a former tax inspector who reinvented himself as a corruption buster, the party won 67 of the 70 Delhi assembly seats in 2015 in what was a huge setback for the BJP.
Mr Kejriwal promised to bring in good governance, end corruption and make Delhi safe for women.
But the party has since suffered from infighting, reportedly between Kejriwal supporters and more left-leaning factions. | The leader of India's anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal, has rejected a colleague's allegation that he took bribes. | 39854081 |
The swathes of hot gas, detected in X-ray images from Nasa's Chandra space telescope, appear to be sweeping cooler hydrogen gas ahead of them.
This vast, rippling belch is taking place in NGC 5194 - a small, neglected sibling of the "Whirlpool Galaxy", 26 million light years away.
That makes it one of the closest black holes blasting gas in this way.
The findings, presented at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Florida, are a dramatic example of "feedback" between a supermassive black hole and its host galaxy.
"We think that feedback keeps galaxies from becoming too large," said Marie Machacek, a co-author of the study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA).
"But at the same time, it can be responsible for how some stars form. This shows that black holes can create, not just destroy."
Black holes are well known for consuming gas and stars, but the two arcs of material glimpsed here are the equivalent of a burp after a big meal, the team said.
The black hole at the centre of NGC 5194 probably gorged on gas that was delivered by the small galaxy's interaction with its much bigger, spiralling neighbour. As that matter fell into the black hole, huge amounts of energy would have been released - causing the outbursts.
Eric Schlegel from the University of Texas at San Antonio, who led the study, explained that the crucial observation was the cooler hydrogen gas being propelled ahead of the hot, X-ray emitting waves.
"This is the best example of snowplough material I've ever seen," he said.
Deep red light, indicating the presence of hydrogen, was seen in a thin strip just in front of the outermost wave, in optical images from a telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
"If it had not been for the hydrogen-alpha image, I would have been somewhat sceptical," Prof Schlegel told BBC News.
"I would have said, maybe this is mass going in, maybe it's mass coming out."
But the patch of hydrogen, spread out in a thin shape closely matching the arc of hot gas seen in Chandra X-ray images, clinched this as a belch rather than a gulp.
In fact, it is the cosmic shockwave from a rather ancient burp; the team has calculated that the inner wave of hot gas probably took three million years to reach its current position - and the outer wave up to six million years.
"We think these arcs represent fossils from two enormous blasts when the black hole expelled material outward into the galaxy," said co-author Christine Jones, also from the CFA.
"This activity is likely to have had a big effect on the galactic landscape."
If their central, supermassive black holes often blast gas outward like this, it might help explain why elliptical galaxies like NGC 5194 tend not to have much active star formation, Prof Schlegel said.
And in the meantime, the outburst is likely to give NGC 5194 (also known as Messier 51b) some of the spotlight that it normally loses to the huge, whirlpool-shaped Messier 51a, with which it is gradually colliding.
"[The Whirlpool Galaxy] gets all the attention," Prof Schlegel said. "The poor companion gets very little - but I think that's about to change."
Other researchers speaking at the AAS meeting on Tuesday described a different, very peculiar black hole.
It is one of a pair of supermassive black holes, circling each other within a single galaxy after a big merger event.
Remarkably, only one of the pair is surrounded by the usual bright, spherical clump of gravitationally bound stars - posing something of a mystery.
"The answer may lie in the galaxy merger itself," said Julie Comerford, an astrophysicist at University of Colorado Boulder.
"When two galaxies merge, there are very strong gravitational and tidal forces that can strip away the stars from around the black hole."
Alternatively, the star-starved black hole may simply belong to a very rare, intermediate class - much smaller than the usual supermassive monsters that sit at the centre of big galaxies.
In that case, one of the galaxies that went into the merger must have only been a dwarf galaxy.
"Maybe this small sphere of stars is actually appropriate for an intermediate-mass black hole," said Dr Comerford.
"There are very few of these known - they are very rare and hard to find - but they're interesting because we think they may be an evolutionary stopover in the process of building supermassive black holes."
Dr Comerford and her colleagues published their findings, based on images from the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes, last year in the Astrophysical Journal.
Follow Jonathan on Twitter | Astronomers have spotted two huge waves of gas being "burped" by the black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy. | 35237863 |
For some of Jeremy Corbyn's opponents, Friday's results suggest that the opinion polls are broadly right and the best approach towards self-preservation in the next month or so, as a general election approaches, is to keep what they hope will be a safe distance from the party leader.
As one former minister put it "I don't want him anywhere near my seat - they should continue to send him to places we won't win".
A senior Labour figure described the party's local election performance as "calamitous".
So much so that some of Mr Corbyn's supporters fear another attempted putsch by his internal opponents.
That doesn't seem likely, though.
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That's because many of those who are sceptical about his leadership say there is no obvious mechanism to remove him - and he would use any evidence of a plot to excuse a bad general election result.
Time and again the phrase they use is that those around Jeremy Corbyn must "own" any defeat.
The former Labour group leader in Derbyshire, Dave Wilcox, saw control of his council pass to the Conservatives today.
He told the BBC he wouldn't be calling for Jeremy Corbyn's resignation right now - but if Labour were to suffer a similar defeat nationally on 8 June, the party leader should go.
He told me: "Genuine Labour supporters have been saying we can't vote for this bloke because he doesn't speak for me.
"We heard it time and time and time again on the doorstep. We are not voting for you while you have Jeremy Corbyn as leader."
The party's mayoral candidate in the West Midlands, Sion Simon - close to Labour deputy leader Tom Watson - chose to focus not on the party leader to explain his defeat.
Instead, he said he got "the sense that some of our voters don't have confidence any more that we share their core Labour values".
But Mr Corbyn's allies blame a collapse in the UKIP vote, as well as previous attempts by some of his own MPs to undermine him, for the poor results.
Publicly, the official line from the Labour leadership is that the council elections were disappointing, not disastrous - but privately some of Mr Corbyn's close colleagues have indeed used the word "disaster" to describe the results.
There won't be any wholesale change to their strategy now but there is an unofficial four-point plan to improve the party's standing.
First, they'll redouble their efforts to get younger non-voters registered as they believe they will be more sympathetic to a radical Labour party.
Second - as shadow chancellor John McDonnell made clear in his media appearances today - they are likely to make Jeremy Corbyn more, not less prominent, in the campaign.
The shadow chancellor believes the leader's image so far has been "distorted" by a hostile press but now we are in a formal election campaign, there will be more balanced broadcast coverage.
And, crucially, there will also be more opportunities to see an "unmediated" leader in the raw - and that voters will warm to his decency.
Third, they intend to bolster doorstep campaigning.
Jeremy Corbyn's office are keen to find out just how much of this had been carried out in areas where council results were poor.
They want more direct conversations with potential voters so their message isn't only seen through the prism of the mainstream media..
And finally, there will be a renewed emphasis on what the late Tony Benn would have referred to as "policies, not personalities".
The Labour leadership believe that when their manifesto is unveiled in 10 days time, popular policies will boost their poll ratings.
But Labour's private polling also suggested that many of the party's individual policies in 2015 were popular - and that didn't guarantee success at the ballot box.
And Labour's five million doorstep conversations with the public at the last election didn't mean that voters liked what they were hearing.
But overall the message is that the leader and his supporters must do more to play to their strengths.
To coin a phrase, there is no alternative. | The local elections may not be an exact guide to the general election result but for Labour politicians they have provided either proof of an electoral defeat foretold or an opportunity to mitigate it. | 39826375 |
With six children and a Syrian refugee under her roof this Christmas, Heather Alston admits her house is "chaotic" and "not exactly stress-free".
Abdullah, 35, from Damascus, has been living with Heather and her husband Dominic, both architects, in Hammersmith, London since February.
"At first my teenagers said, 'whoah Mum, are you really doing this?'" says Heather, who has five daughters and a son between the ages of 14 and 22.
"I partly said yes so it would open their eyes a little."
Reports from the city of Aleppo have prompted people across the world to express their solidarity on social media, with many joining demonstrations and donating money to relief efforts.
For her part, Heather says the crisis in Syria had been "lingering in the back of my mind for a long while" before she decided to hand Abdullah a front door key.
They met through Housing Justice, a London charity that has matched 26 refugees and hosts.
They usually meet at a local coffee shop first, after which either one can say yes or no.
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"I'll never forget that meeting," Abdullah says. "I was so surprised that this stranger wanted to let me in."
Heather recalls he was "quiet and nervous" when they met. "I was probably chatty and nervous," she remembers.
"It was history that made me think," she says. "In the Second World War children were evacuated to the countryside and they lived with hosts.
"It is now these refugees who need homes. I needed to do something."
A trained electrical engineer, Abdullah has been unable to legally work since he arrived in the UK in 2012 and gets £56 a week for living expenses.
He is one of an estimated 4.8 million people to have fled abroad since civil war broke out in 2011, according to the UN.
"I have brothers, sisters, close friends back home," he says. "I text them to make sure they are alive and when they get a connection they reply."
Abdullah says he "carries on with life" but feels trapped in a "prison-like" existence because he cannot work.
He spends his time cooking with the Alstons and learning English, in which he is now fluent.
Living with the Alstons has "given me some hope", he says.
"Abdullah is really part of the family," adds Heather. "We are all looking forward to our first Christmas together, he's already mastered cooking a roast."
Julian Prior, who set up a similar charity in Newcastle, says it is important that hosts "go in with their eyes open and are aware".
Action Foundation, which houses 14 refugees - including two people from Syria - sends hosts on a course and criminal record-checks the refugees.
"People who volunteer are compassionate, but may also be naive," says Mr Prior. "We make sure hosts set house rules and are aware of cultural sensitivities."
Other efforts to help have included a cyclist pedalling to Aleppo, a couple who bought a house for refugees, and a seven-year-old schoolboy who asked Santa for peace in Syria as his only Christmas present.
Caz and David Charles, from London, are cycling to the Syria-Turkey border this summer.
They hope to raise money and tell the stories of those living in migrant camps.
"I'll see how far I get before it becomes too sketchy," David says.
"Caz hasn't fully committed but will definitely come along for some of it."
They have already completed the first leg - a 2,200km ride to Vienna that Caz, 25, a translator, and writer David, 34, began in their home city this year.
"We stopped off in towns in France, Belgium and Germany, talking to residents and refugees alike about migration," David says.
The pair have raised £1,000 for the Bike Project, a charity in Denmark Hill which repairs and donates second hand bicycles to refugees living in London.
"I've been helping them for a couple of years, fixing up bikes," David says.
"Asylum seekers often have lots of appointments around London but no money to travel."
"These people can't work but they desperately want to be part of society," he says.
"That said, there is tremendous optimism for the future." | Many Britons moved by the plight of Syrians feel powerless to help those affected, but some families have found ways to show their support. | 38333478 |
Gudmundsson struck the post from 25 yards before latching onto Morgan Fox's cross to put his side ahead.
Ademola Lookman fired past Marco Silvestri to double the Addicks' lead after the break.
Leeds' Chris Wood then struck the post with a header before Sol Bamba nodded home to reduce the arrears, but League One-bound Charlton held on.
The home side went into the game on a better run of form, having gone four league games without defeat, but the mid-table side lacked intensity from the outset.
Their first real chance came in the second half courtesy of Wood's header which came off the woodwork, before Bamba's free header briefly gave them hope.
But Charlton, whose relegation from the Championship was confirmed on 19 April following a goalless draw with Bolton, looked bright throughout and had Nick Pope to thank for ensuring all three points after he denied Mirco Antenucci with a fine injury-time save.
Steve Evans on his future as Leeds head coach: "You never hope one result is the difference between whether you are kept or not.
"I had a very good meeting with the president (Massimo Cellino) yesterday and it went very well. There were a lot of positive, constructive things said about myself.
"I gave my views on what we need to win promotion next season and he gave his."
Charlton manager Jose Riga: "In the first half we were in control. Leeds reacted for 15 minutes or so, which is normal, but we built a two-goal lead.
"After Leeds scored we defended well, especially our goalkeeper Nick Pope. I told the players that so many things have happened at our club but what matters is what happens on the pitch.
"I told them they had to show their quality collectively and individually, which they did." | Johann Berg Gudmundsson scored for the second successive game as already-relegated Charlton overcame Leeds. | 36118106 |
With the support of the Scottish Greens, the SNP will win the vote calling for a second referendum on Scottish independence.
They will then claim that the UK government must not stand in the way of the democratically expressed will of the Scottish Parliament.
But the opposition parties - the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats - all believe that the will of the parliament does not match the will of the people.
Scottish voters don't want another referendum, they argue, and they are convinced public opinion is on their side.
It used to be received wisdom in Scottish politics that if Westminster tried to deny a Scottish referendum that could easily backfire and stir up support for independence.
But the Unionist parties are confident there is no great public demand for another vote - other than among people who are already committed nationalists.
Opinion polls suggest people are split fairly evenly, about 50/50, on whether they want another vote.
And it tends to be yes supporters who say yes to another referendum. No voters who say no, not now.
The great divide in Scottish politics over the question of independence may only be solidified by this current debate over whether to re-run the 2014 referendum.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will argue that this is now a constitutional struggle in which the Scottish Parliament is battling with Westminster.
Tories say she is just playing a well rehearsed political game - one in which she puts forward a proposal she knows will be rejected by Westminster and then responds with righteous indignation.
And we are about to see that happen once again.
Ms Sturgeon will soon send a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding another referendum.
The Prime Minster Theresa May will reply to say they are not prepared to talk about it at this time, pressing the point that it is more important to pull together and get the best Brexit deal for the whole of the UK.
The big question, the big calculation for both sides, is how many Scottish voters will then share the SNP's inevitable outrage about being denied another referendum.
Some will. Others will breathe a huge sigh of relief that they don't have to live through another campaign. At least not yet. | The result of the vote in the Scottish parliament this evening is not in any doubt. | 39351980 |
Police said the couple were murdered by an upper caste grocer on Thursday when they told him they needed time to pay for biscuits they had bought from him.
The grocer has been arrested.
Dalits, formerly known as untouchables, form the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy.
Police told the Press Trust of India news agency the incident took place in Mainpuri district early on Thursday as the couple were on their way to work.
They were stopped by Ashok Mishra, the owner of a village grocery, who demanded that the couple pay the money for three packets of biscuits that they had bought for their three children a few days ago, reports say.
The couple reportedly told him they would pay after they received their daily wages later in the evening.
"While Mishra kept shouting for the money, the couple started walking towards the fields. Mishra then ran to his house nearby and returned with an axe. He hacked Bharat repeatedly and then attacked Mamta who was trying to rescue her husband. The couple died on the spot," Nadeem, a local villager, told The Indian Express newspaper.
The Dalit community in the village have blocked roads and protested over the incident.
Earlier this month four low-caste Dalit men were assaulted by cow protection vigilantes while trying to skin a dead cow in western Gujarat state.
Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter of the animal is banned in many Indian states.
In March, a Dalit man was murdered for marrying a woman from a higher caste in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The woman's father handed himself in and admitted to carrying out the attack on a busy road in daylight, police said. | A man from India's Dalit community has been beheaded and his wife hacked to death after a row over a 15 rupees (22 cents; 16 pence) debt in Uttar Pradesh state. | 36921346 |
The 91-year-old self-proclaimed ruler of the Principality of Hutt River in Western Australia, abdicated power in February.
Now a court has ruled that he and one his sons must pay A$3m (£1.8m; $2.3m) in unpaid taxes.
The judge in the case dismissed their claims to sovereignty over their 18,500-acre farm as having "no legal merit or substance".
The Principality of Hutt River, 500km (300 miles) north of Perth, says it seceded from Australia in 1970, though the government does not acknowledge this.
Self-proclaimed Prince Leonard Casley declared independence after a dispute with the government over wheat quotas.
The farm, which has a population of about 30, created its own tax system and laws and issues its own currency, stamps and passports.
Tourists can pay a few dollars for a visa and a personal tour of the site, which is bigger than the Vatican, Monaco and Nauru, but is not recognised by any government.
The Australian Tax Office has long been chasing the prince and his son, Arthur Casley - known as Prince Wayne - for overdue taxes.
In 1977, the farm briefly declared war on Australia over one demand for payment.
The latest case alleged that Prince Leonard failed to pay income tax between 2006 and 2013. A similar claim was made against his son.
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Western Australia sided with the tax office, and ordered Prince Leonard to pay A$2.7m, while Prince Wayne was ordered to pay A$242,000.
"Anyone can declare themselves a sovereign in their own home but they cannot ignore the laws of Australia or not pay tax," Justice Rene Le Miere said
"It is not sensible or a proper use of judicial resources to recite and analyse all of the defendants' utterances masquerading as legal submissions," he said.
"It is all gobbledygook."
Prince Graeme, who took over as ruler in February but was not implicated in the case, said he was "disappointed" by the court's decision.
"We're a fully independent country," he told the BBC. "We don't believe the income was earned within the Australian jurisdiction."
He suggested that an appeal may be lodged on grounds of human rights violations due to the "mental torture" caused by repeated court cases. | It's been a turbulent year for His Royal Highness Prince Leonard I. | 40298433 |
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